CVE-2022-36349

Local denial of service via insecure BIOS variable

Published Nov 11, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024

Denial-of-service vulnerability in Intel NUC Boards and NUC Kits before MYi30060 allows authenticated local users to interrupt service. BIOS firmware initializes a security-relevant variable with an insecure default, allowing a local operation to reach a denial-of-service state. Authenticated local access is required; reported impact is denial of service, with no confidentiality loss described.

CVSS severity5.2
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Denial-of-service vulnerability in Intel NUC Boards and NUC Kits before MYi30060 allows authenticated local users to interrupt service. BIOS firmware initializes a security-relevant variable with an insecure default, allowing a local operation to reach a denial-of-service state. Authenticated local access is required; reported impact is denial of service, with no confidentiality loss described.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-36349
Published
Nov 11, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-1188, T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

5.2Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1188Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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