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CVE-2022-40134

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40134 is an information leak vulnerability affecting certain Lenovo models, specifically within the SMI Set BIOS Password SMI Handler. This flaw allows an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to read System Management Mode (SMM) memory. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.4), the vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to the compromise of sensitive SMM data. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable, with minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
o4hkt38aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_c5-14imb05_firmware:o4hkt38a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m26kt22aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkcentre_e96z_firmware:m26kt22a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m49kt1daCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_3_07iab7_firmware:m49kt1da:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m2vkt1daCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_3-07imb05_firmware:m2vkt1da:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m42kt40aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_5_14iab7_firmware:m42kt40a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.lenovo.com / us/en/product_security/LEN-94953
Vendor Advisory