CVE-2022-40261

highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (29th) EPSS

CVSS 8.2 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system (OS) and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI flash protections against modifications, which can help an attacker to install a firmware backdoor/implant into BIOS. Such a malicious firmware code in BIOS could persist across operating system re-installs. Additionally, this vulnerability potentially could be used by malicious actors to bypass security mechanisms provided by UEFI firmware (for example, Secure Boot and some types of memory isolation for hypervisors). This issue affects: Module name: OverClockSmiHandler SHA256: a204699576e1a48ce915d9d9423380c8e4c197003baf9d17e6504f0265f3039c Module GUID: 4698C2BD-A903-410E-AD1F-5EEF3A1AE422

cvss

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

8.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.5 · impact 6

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.5 · impact 6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-120USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

AMI Aptio≤ 5.xenisa_euvdEU
ami aptio v= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ami:aptio_v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc m15 laptop kit lapbc510 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel nuc m15 laptop kit lapbc710 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_m15_laptop_kit_lapbc710_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-09-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

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