CVE-2022-38692 describes a critical vulnerability in BootROM, specifically a missing size check for RSA keys during Certificate Type 0 validation. This flaw could lead to a memory buffer overflow without requiring additional execution privileges, impacting systems at a fundamental level. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. | SC9863A/T310/T610/T618/T606/T612/T616/T760/T770/T820/S8000/ | /CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.