Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-35408

HighPublic PoC

Published: 22 September 2022

Published
22 September 2022
Modified
27 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0008 24.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-35408 is a high-severity Write-what-where Condition (CWE-123) vulnerability in Insyde Insydeh2O. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 24.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. An SMM callout vulnerability in the SMM driver in UsbLegacyControlSmm leads to possible arbitrary code execution in SMM and escalation of privileges. An attacker could overwrite the function…

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pointers in the EFI_BOOT_SERVICES table before the USB SMI handler triggers. (This is not exploitable from code running in the operating system.)

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

insyde
insydeh2o
5.1 — 5.17.38 · 5.2 — 05.27.28 · 5.3 — 05.36.28

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-123

Write-what-where primitives are neutralized when the attacker cannot execute the memory they control.

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