Intel NUC BIOS Firmware buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel NUC. The affected element is an unknown function of the component BIOS Firmware. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-36372. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel NUC (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BIOS Firmware. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper buffer restrictions in some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2023 as intel-sa-00917. The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-36372 since 07/22/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/08/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

07/22/2022 🔍
08/11/2023 +385 days 🔍
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09/08/2023 +28 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-00917
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-36372 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-36372
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236924

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2023 09:14
Updated: 09/08/2023 07:27
Changes: 08/11/2023 09:14 (48), 09/08/2023 07:27 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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