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CVE-2022-40080

Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.

Published

2023-02-16T20:15:15.110

Last Modified

2025-03-19T15:15:40.463

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787
Type: Secondary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	acer	aspire_e5-475g_firmware	1.21	Yes
Hardware	acer	aspire_e5-475g	-	No

References

https://acer.com/ Not Applicable ([email protected])
https://github.com/10TG/vulnerabilities/blob/main/Acer/CVE-2022-40080/CVE-2022-40080.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://acer.com/ Not Applicable (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/10TG/vulnerabilities/blob/main/Acer/CVE-2022-40080/CVE-2022-40080.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)