CVE-2022-36337 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the MebxConfiguration driver leads to arbitrary code execution. Control of a UEFI variable under the OS can cause this overflow when read by BIOS code.

Published: 2022-11-23

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:insyde:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39053	An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the MebxConfiguration driver leads to arbitrary code execution. Control of a UEFI variable under the OS can cause this overflow when read by BIOS code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022039

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-121
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Insyde Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-25T20:37:45.959Z

Reserved: 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36337

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.415Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-23T03:15:10.130

Modified: 2025-04-25T21:15:32.320

Link: CVE-2022-36337

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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