Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-3661

High

Published: 12 December 2022

Published
12 December 2022
Modified
29 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.2th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-3661 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Hp Z1 All-In-One G3 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in certain HP Workstation BIOS (UEFI firmware) which may allow arbitrary code execution. HP is releasing firmware mitigations for the potential vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hp
z1 all-in-one g3 firmware
01.31
hp
z2 mini g3 firmware
01.83
hp
z2 mini g4 firmware
01.08.01
hp
z2 mini g5 firmware
01.03.00_rev_a
hp
z2 small form factor g4 firmware
01.08.01
hp
z2 small form factor g5 firmware
01.03.00_rev_a
hp
z2 small form factor g8 firmware
01.03.00_rev_a
hp
z2 tower g4 firmware
01.08.01
hp
z2 tower g5 firmware
01.03.00_rev_a
hp
z2 tower g8 firmware
01.03.00_rev_a
+10 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

References