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CVE-2022-33986

DMA attacks on the parameter buffer used by the VariableRuntimeDxe software SMI handler could lead to a TOCTOU attack. DMA attacks on the parameter buffer used by the software SMI handler used by the driver VariableRuntimeDxe could lead to a TOCTOU attack on the SMI handler and lead to corruption of SMRAM. This issue was discovered by Insyde engineering during a security review. This issue is fixed in Kernel 5.4: 05.44.23 and Kernel 5.5: 05.52.23. CWE-367 CWE-367 Report at: https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022056

  • Published: Nov 15, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2022-33986
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.4
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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