CVE-2022-27538

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in the BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. HP is releasing BIOS updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-367

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
HP Inc.HP PC BIOSSee HP Security Bulletin reference for affected versions.

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 1, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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