CVE-2020-8322 Code injection in BIOS

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

A vulnerability in the Lenovo BIOS Legacy USB driver allows arbitrary code execution via SMI callback functions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-8322?

CVE-2020-8322 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Lenovo BIOS, published on 9 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A potential vulnerability in the SMI callback function used in the Legacy USB driver in some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkStation models may allow arbitrary code execution.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8322?

It affects 51 products.

Products include Lenovo 14iwl Firmware, Lenovo 330-14ast Firmware, Lenovo 330-15ast Firmware, Lenovo 330-17ast Firmware, Lenovo 340c-15api Firmware, Lenovo 340c-15ast Firmware and 45 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8322?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8322 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-8322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c66x-m3p5-hr84.

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