Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22616

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 April 2023

Published
12 April 2023
Modified
10 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0017 37.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22616 is a high-severity Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere (CWE-610) vulnerability in Insyde Insydeh2O. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.5th 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 5.2 through 5.5. The Save State register is not checked before use. The IhisiSmm driver does not check the value of a save state register before use. Due to insufficient input…

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validation, an attacker can corrupt SMRAM.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

insyde
insydeh2o
5.2 — 5.5

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-610

Limits impact of an externally controlled reference to a primary information resource by switching to an identified alternative.

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