CVE-2022-40262 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting AMI Aptio V and Intel server board firmware, specifically within the S3Resume2Pei module. It allows a highly privileged local attacker to execute arbitrary code during the PEI phase, bypassing mitigations, disclosing memory contents, and compromising VM secrets. With a CVSS score of 8.2, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ami:aptio_v:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:server_board_m10jnp2sb_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.