What is CVE-2022-27229?

CVE-2022-27229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Hdmi Firmware, classified under CWE-249. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-27229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Intel Hdmi Firmware

CVE-2022-27229

Path transversal in some Intel(R) NUC Kits NUC7i3DN, NUC7i5DN, NUC7i7DN HDMI firmware update tool software before version 1.79.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published 2023-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00908.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27229?: CVE-2022-27229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Hdmi Firmware, classified under CWE-249. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-27229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.