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CVE-2022-40137

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40137 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the WMI SMI Handler affecting certain Lenovo models. An attacker with local access and elevated privileges could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei available, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
o4hkt3aaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_c5-14imb05_firmware:o4hkt3aa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m26kt24aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_e96z_firmware:m26kt24a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m49kt1daCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_3_07iab7_firmware:m49kt1da:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m2vkt1faCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_3-07imb05_firmware:m2vkt1fa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
m42kt40aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:ideacentre_5_14iab7_firmware:m42kt40a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

support.lenovo.com / us/en/product_security/LEN-94953
Vendor Advisory