What is CVE-2022-29277?

CVE-2022-29277 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Genoa, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-29277?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in AMD Genoa

CVE-2022-29277

Incorrect pointer checks within the the FwBlockServiceSmm driver can allow arbitrary RAM modifications During review of the FwBlockServiceSmm driver, certain instances of SpiAccessLib could be tricked into writing 0xff to arbitrary system and SMRAM addresses. Fixed in: INTEL Purley-R: 05.21.51.0048 Whitley: 05.42.23.0066 Cedar Island: 05.42.11.0021 Eagle Stream: 05.44.25.0052 Greenlow/Greenlow-R(skylake/kabylake): Trunk Mehlow/Mehlow-R (CoffeeLake-S): Trunk Tatlow (RKL-S): Trunk Denverton: 05.10.12.0042 Snow Ridge: Trunk Graneville DE: 05.05.15.0038 Grangeville DE NS: 05.27.26.0023 Bakerville: 05.21.51.0026 Idaville: 05.44.27.0030 Whiskey Lake: Trunk Comet Lake-S: Trunk Tiger Lake H/UP3: 05.43.12.0052 Alder Lake: 05.44.23.0047 Gemini Lake: Not Affected Apollo Lake: Not Affected Elkhart Lake: 05.44.30.0018 AMD ROME: trunk MILAN: 05.36.10.0017 GENOA: 05.52.25.0006 Snowy Owl: Trunk R1000: 05.32.50.0018 R2000: 05.44.30.0005 V2000: Trunk V3000: 05.44.30.0007 Ryzen 5000: 05.44.30.0004 Embedded ROME: Trunk Embedded MILAN: Trunk Hygon Hygon #1/#2: 05.36.26.0016 Hygon #3: 05.44.26.0007 https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022060

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.9% 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)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.insyde.com/security-pledge (Vendor Advisory)
www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022060 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29277?: CVE-2022-29277 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Genoa, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-29277?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.