CVE-2022-40080 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00151.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Acer Subscribe	Aspire E5-475g Subscribe Aspire E5-475g Firmware Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_e5-475g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43402	Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://acer.com/
https://github.com/10TG/vulnerabilities/blob/main/Acer/CVE-2022-40080/CVE-2022-40080.md

History

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-19T14:49:41.570Z

Reserved: 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40080

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.546Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-16T20:15:15.110

Modified: 2025-03-19T15:15:40.463

Link: CVE-2022-40080

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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