CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-21198

HighCVSS 7.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in BIOS firmware for some Intel processors. A privileged user may exploit it to escalate privileges via local access.

Risk Assessment

Risk of privilege escalation, potentially leading to full compromise of the hardware platform.

Recommendation

Apply the BIOS update provided by the motherboard manufacturer or OEM.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS