Out-of-bounds Read in Lenovo Bios

CVE-2022-40135

An information leak vulnerability in the Smart USB Protection SMI Handler in some Lenovo models may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to read SMM memory.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.3% 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-2022-40135: 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-2022-40135?
CVE-2022-40135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bios, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-40135?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.