Synaptics develops fingerprint authentication drivers and USB graphics controllers widely integrated into laptops and peripherals, creating exposure across consumer and enterprise endpoint devices. The vendor's vulnerability exposure centers on driver-level and firmware components, with recurring weakness classes including insufficient input validation, improper privilege management, and out-of-bounds write conditions that reflect the kernel-mode and hardware-interface complexity of these components. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Synaptics, Inc. over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
8 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2022-27438HIGH Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.3 and earlier and many products that use the updater from Advanced Installer (Advanced Updater) are affected by a remote code execution vulnerabil | Jun 6, 2022 | 8.1 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-9730HIGH Incorrect access control in the CxUtilSvc component of the Synaptics Sound Device drivers prior to version 2.29 allows a local attacker to increase access privileges to the Windows | Jun 5, 2019 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-18619HIGH Incorrect parameter validation in the synaTee component of Synaptics WBF drivers using an SGX enclave (all versions prior to 2019-11-15) allows a local user to execute arbitrary co | Jul 22, 2020 | 7.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-3675HIGH Improper Input Validation vulnerability in synaTEE.signed.dll of Synaptics Fingerprint Driver allows a local authorized attacker to overwrite a heap tag, with potential loss of con | Jun 16, 2022 | 7.1 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-18618MEDIUM Incorrect access control in the firmware of Synaptics VFS75xx family fingerprint sensors that include external flash (all versions prior to 2019-11-15) allows a local administrator | Jul 22, 2020 | 6.0 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-8337MEDIUM An unquoted search path vulnerability was reported in versions prior to 1.0.83.0 of the Synaptics Smart Audio UWP app associated with the DCHU audio drivers on Lenovo platforms tha | Jun 9, 2020 | 6.7 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-4936MEDIUM It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege. | Oct 11, 2023 | 6.7 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-6482MEDIUM Use of encryption key derived from static information in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver allows
an attacker to set up a TLS session with the fingerprint sensor and send restricted c | Jan 27, 2024 | 5.2 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
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