CVE-2022-43779

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?

27 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released 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 (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HP BIOS AMI UEFI Firmwareall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:hp:bios:ami_uefi_firmware
HP Inc. HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware≤ See HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.enisa_euvdEU
hp 218 pro g5 mt firmware< f15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:218_pro_g5_mt_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 260 g2 desktop mini firmware< 2.26nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:260_g2_desktop_mini_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 260 g3 desktop mini firmware< 02.20.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:260_g3_desktop_mini_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 260 g4 desktop mini firmware< 02.12.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:260_g4_desktop_mini_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 280 g3 microtower pc firmware< 02.02.40nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:280_g3_microtower_pc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 280 g3 pci microtower pc firmware< 02.02.40nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:280_g3_pci_microtower_pc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 288 pro g3 microtower pc firmware< 00.02.40nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:288_pro_g3_microtower_pc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 290 g1 microtower firmware< 00.02.40nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:290_g1_microtower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp 348 g4 firmware< f.65nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:348_g4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro 300 g3 firmware< f15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_300_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro a 300 g3 firmware< f12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_a_300_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro a g2 firmware< f.11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_a_g2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro a g2 microtower firmware< f.11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_a_g2_microtower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro a g3 firmware< f12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_a_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro a g3 microtower firmware< f12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_a_g3_microtower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro g3 firmware< f15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_g3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro g3 microtower firmware< f15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_g3_microtower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp desktop pro microtower firmware< 00.02.40nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:desktop_pro_microtower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2358HP BIOS: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung, Denial of Service und InformationsoffenlegungDeutsch2022-12-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im HP BIOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herzustellen und Informationen offenzulegen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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