CVE-2022-0636 Denial of service in Thin Installer
An attacker can cause a system crash in Lenovo Thin Installer via a buffer overflow vulnerability, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0636?
CVE-2022-0636 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo Thin Installer, published on 22 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Thin Installer prior to version 1.3.0039 that could trigger a system crash.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0636?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lenovo Thin Installer.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0636?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0636 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-0636 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0636 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9q6-8f5g-q573.