CVE-2008-3900: Intel BIOS

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Intel firmware PE94510M.86A.0050.2007.0710.1559 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Affected products

• Intel BIOS: version pe94510m.86a.0050.2007.0710.1559 only

Published 2008-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.