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CVE-2022-32266

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-32266 is a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability affecting Insyde InsydeH2O kernels 5.0 through 5.5, specifically within the PcdSmmDxe driver. It allows for DMA attacks on the parameter buffer of a software SMI handler, potentially corrupting ACPI fields and adjacent memory. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.4), exploitation requires high privileges and detailed knowledge of the platform's PCD database, but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.3, < 5.3.05.36.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:insyde:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4, < 5.4.05.44.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:insyde:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.5.05.52.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:insyde:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 418 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

insyde.com / security-pledge
Vendor Advisory
insyde.com / security-pledge/SA-2022045
Vendor Advisory