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A vulnerability exists in System Management Interrupt (SWSMI) handler of InsydeH2O UEFI Firmware code located in SWSMI handler that dereferences gRT (EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) pointer to call a GetVariable service, which is located outside of SMRAM

Published Feb 3, 2022

Description

A vulnerability exists in System Management Interrupt (SWSMI) handler of InsydeH2O UEFI Firmware code located in SWSMI handler that dereferences gRT (EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) pointer to call a GetVariable service, which is located outside of SMRAM. This can result in code execution in SMM (escalating privilege from ring 0 to ring -2).

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (7)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 3, 2022
Updated Aug 11, 2026
Reserved Jan 6, 2020
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Aug 11, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 3, 2022
Updated Aug 11, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2020-27107