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A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU)...

High severity Unreviewed Published Feb 12, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 12, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 12, 2023
Last updated Mar 1, 2023

Severity

High
7.0
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-43779

GHSA ID

GHSA-fg8p-pjfg-p9xm

Source code

No known source code

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