CVE-2022-27538

highpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.14% (3rd) EPSS

CVSS 7 · high

Is it mine?

319 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-367USprimary

affected products (319)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HP BIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:bios:-
HP Inc. HP PC BIOS≤ See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.enisa_euvdEU
hp dragonfly folio g3 2-in-1 firmware< 01.03.01nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:dragonfly_folio_g3_2-in-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite dragonfly firmware< 01.22.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_dragonfly_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite dragonfly g2 firmware< 01.11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_dragonfly_g2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite dragonfly g3 firmware< 01.04.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_dragonfly_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite dragonfly max firmware< 01.11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_dragonfly_max_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite mini 600 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_mini_600_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite mini 800 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_mini_800_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite sff 600 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_sff_600_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite sff 800 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_sff_800_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite slice firmware< 02.59nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_slice_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite slice g2 firmware< 02.59nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_slice_g2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite tower 600 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_tower_600_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite tower 680 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_tower_680_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite tower 800 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_tower_800_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite tower 880 g9 firmware< 02.06.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_tower_880_g9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite x2 1013 g3 firmware< 01.22.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_x2_1013_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite x2 g4 firmware< 01.22.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_x2_g4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp elite x2 g8 tablet firmware< 01.11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:elite_x2_g8_tablet_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

showing 20 of 319

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2342HP BIOS: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung, Offenlegung von Informationen und DoSDeutsch2022-12-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im HP BIOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-01modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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