Skip to main content
← Vulnerabilities

OFBD SMM Write Validation Issues

6.8MediumCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in AptioV_5.046
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.046.

Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
7/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The OFBD SMM write validation flaw affects AMI Aptio (APTIOV) BIOS firmware and can be triggered locally by a privileged user with an out-of-bounds write. An attacker could crash the system or cause a failed firmware update, and could also impact integrity and availability.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

Read the original description

AMI APTIOV contains vulnerabilities in BIOS where privileged users may cause the “Out-of-Bounds Write” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to a denial of service during firmware update processing, such as a crash or failed update if the out-of-bounds write hits unmapped memory. It could also impact Integrity, and Availability.

cve.now Index

7Pcve.now Index 7 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity6.8/10CVSS 6.8
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 62 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 57 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.046.

Check your systems with an agent

Paste this into a coding or ops agent. It checks your systems read-only and reports a table per asset.

Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-66334 (OFBD SMM Write Validation Issues), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-66334 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- AMI AptioV: from AptioV_5.0, fixed in AptioV_5.046
Fixed versions: AptioV_5.046.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-66334 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-66334 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://go.ami.com/hubfs/Security%20Advisories/2026/AMI-SA-2026003.pdf
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-66334
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-66334.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • AMI AptioV

    From AptioV_5.0 · fixed in AptioV_5.046

Evidence 3

Vendor advisory · 1

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

  1. Link

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

  1. Record
  2. Record

Corrections

None so far.

Something wrong on this page? Report an error. Every fix is listed here.

Questions about CVE-2026-66334

Is CVE-2026-66334 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-66334?

AptioV: from AptioV_5.0 before AptioV_5.046.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-66334?

Upgrade to a fixed version: AptioV_5.046.Source: cve.now feed data