CVE-2022-4574
MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: October 30, 2023 at 02:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:21 AM UTC
110 products affected across 1 vendorThinkPadThinkPad T14 Gen 2 FirmwareThinkPad L14 Firmware
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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
An SMI handler input validation vulnerability in the BIOS of some ThinkPad models could allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.20
Affected range stops below 1.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkpad-l14 (same device)
v < 1.20
Affected range stops below 1.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkpad-l15 (same device)
v < 1.27
Affected range stops below 1.27, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkpad-p1-gen-3 (same device)
v < 1.16
Affected range stops below 1.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkpad-p1-gen-5 (same device)
v < 1.28
Affected range stops below 1.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkpad-p14s-gen-1 (same device)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-106014SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
6.7MEDIUMlenovo
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo
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