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CVE-2022-40135 json

An information leak vulnerability in the Smart USB Protection SMI Handler in some Lenovo models may allow an attacker with local access and…

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-43453

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An information leak vulnerability in the Smart USB Protection SMI Handler in some Lenovo models may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to read SMM memory.

Patch / fix

  • lenovo ideacentre_c5-14imb05_firmware o4hkt38a
  • lenovo thinkcentre_e96z_firmware m26kt22a
  • lenovo ideacentre_3_07iab7_firmware m49kt1da
  • lenovo ideacentre_3-07imb05_firmware m2vkt1da
  • lenovo ideacentre_5_14iab7_firmware m42kt40a
  • lenovo ideacentre_5-14acn6_firmware o5ekt21a
  • lenovo ideacentre_5-14imb05_firmware o4hkt38a
  • lenovo ideacentre_5-14iob6_firmware m3gkt33a
  • lenovo ideacentre_g5-14imb05_firmware o4hkt38a
  • lenovo ideacentre_gaming_5_17acn7_firmware o5ekt21a
  • lenovo ideacentre_gaming_5_17iab7_firmware m42kt40a
  • lenovo ideacentre_gaming_5-14acn6_firmware o5ekt21a
  • lenovo ideacentre_gaming_5-14iob6_firmware m3gkt33a
  • lenovo legion_c530-19icb_firmware o4bkt20a
  • lenovo legion_t5-26iob6_firmware o54kt1da
  • lenovo legion_t5-28icb05_firmware o4bkt20a
  • lenovo legion_t530-28apr_firmware o4gkt16a
  • lenovo legion_t530-28icb_firmware o4bkt20a
  • lenovo legion_t7-34imz5_firmware o4lkt1ea
  • lenovo thinkcentre_m60e_tiny_firmware m3skt21a

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Lenovo BIOS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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