What is CVE-2022-29264?

CVE-2022-29264 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Coreboot. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-29264?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Coreboot

CVE-2022-29264

An issue was discovered in coreboot 4.13 through 4.16. On APs, arbitrary code execution in SMM may occur.

Published 2022-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Coreboot

References

github.com/coreboot/coreboot/commit/afb7a814783cda12f5b72167163b9109ee1d15a7 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/63478 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29264?: CVE-2022-29264 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Coreboot. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-29264?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.