CVE-2022-43778 is a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability affecting the HP BIOS in certain HP PC products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires local access and high attack complexity, but could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules available. Despite limited community discussion, it has received some media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:zcentral_4r_workstation_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:z1_all-in-one_g3_workstation_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_725_g4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_745_g4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:elitebook_755_g4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.