CVE-2022-36372 describes improper buffer restrictions in certain Intel NUC BIOS firmware, potentially allowing a privileged local user to escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable. While it has received minimal community discussion, it has been mentioned in media coverage regarding UEFI security.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_compute_element_cm8i3cb4n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_compute_element_cm8i5cb8n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_compute_element_cm8i7cb8n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_compute_element_cm8ccb4r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:nuc_8_compute_element_cm8pcb4r_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.