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 over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-94532 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-102365 (Vendor Advisory)
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.