Resource exhaustion in Lenovo Diagnostics

CVE-2022-3698

A denial of service vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin versions prior to 1.3.1.2 and  Lenovo Diagnostics versions prior to 4.45 that could allow a local user with administrative access to trigger a system crash.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-3698: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3698?
CVE-2022-3698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Diagnostics, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-3698?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.