CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-36338

Published: Sep 23, 2022 | Modified: May 05, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. An SMM callout vulnerability in the SMM driver FwBlockServiceSmm, creating SMM, leads to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can replace the pointer to the UEFI boot service GetVariable with a pointer to malware, and then generate a software SMI.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Insydeh2oInsyde5.0 (including)5.5 (including)

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