CVE-2022-48188

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 5, 2023 at 09:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:14 AM UTC
55 products affected across 1 vendorThinkcentre M75T Gen 2 FirmwareThinkcentre M75S Gen 2 FirmwareIdeacentre Aio 3-27itl6 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SecureBootDXE BIOS driver of some Lenovo Desktop and ThinkStation models could allow an attacker with local access to elevate their privileges to execute arbitrary code.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < m22kt48av < m22kt49a
Affected range stops below m22kt48a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below m22kt49a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-510s-07icb (same device)
v < m1zkt40av < m30kt28a
Affected range stops below m1zkt40a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below m30kt28a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-510s-07ick (same device)
v < m25kt63a
Affected range stops below m25kt63a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-720-18apr (same device)
v < o5akt33
Affected range stops below o5akt33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-21itl7 (same device)
v < o5akt33
Affected range stops below o5akt33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-22itl6 (same device)
v < o5akt33
Affected range stops below o5akt33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-24itl6 (same device)
v < o5akt33
Affected range stops below o5akt33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-3-27itl6 (same device)
v < m1zkt40a
Affected range stops below m1zkt40a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkcentre-m720e (same device)
v < m1ukt70a
Affected range stops below m1ukt70a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkcentre-m720q (same device)
v < m1ukt70a
Affected range stops below m1ukt70a, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-thinkcentre-m720s (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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