Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-40080 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Acer Aspire E5-475G Firmware 1.21

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
acer
CWE-787

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Acer
1
Hardware
Acer
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)