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CVE-2022-36765

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36765 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting EDK2, where an integer overflow in the CreateHob() function can lead to a buffer overflow. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.8, allows a local attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has no known active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, its potential impact warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 202311CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (20)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
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keraspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17859-17084Fixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19678-17086Fixed in: 1.0.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19674-17086Fixed in: 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18131-17084Fixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 1.0.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 1.0.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 edk2 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 edk2 20230301gitf80f052277c8-37 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 hvloader 1.0.1-11 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.0.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 edk2 20230301gitf80f052277c8-41 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
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pjsippatch availablevia llm_extracted
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: edk2-0:20231122-6.el9_4.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: edk2-0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (7)

nodejsllm-nodejs-991d2ac48fca82beHIGH

HP BIOS - EDK II Reference Vulnerabilities

Nov 12, 2024
pjsipllm-pjsip-e0c3f1b62fbd92b8HIGH

HP BIOS - EDK II Reference Vulnerabilities

Nov 12, 2024
microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2022-36765

CVE-2022-36765

Sep 10, 2024
denollm-deno-fff8863676d15bd0HIGH

Insyde BIOS June 2024 EDK II Reference Vulnerabilities

Jun 18, 2024
kerasllm-keras-7864738a31ffcb76HIGH

Insyde BIOS June 2024 EDK II Reference Vulnerabilities

Jun 18, 2024
microsoft2024-Jan/CVE-2022-36765Important

Integer Overflow in CreateHob

Jan 9, 2024
redhatCVE-2022-36765Moderate

EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W

Jan 9, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
github.com / tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-ch4w-v7m3-g8wx
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJ42V7O7F4OU6R7QSQQECLB6LDHKZIMQ