CVE-2022-36794 Denial of service in Intel(R) SPS firmware
A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel SPS firmware due to an improper condition check.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-36794?
CVE-2022-36794 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) SPS firmware, published on 16 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper condition check in some Intel(R) SPS firmware before version SPS_E3_06.00.03.300.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36794?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Server Platform Services.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36794?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36794 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-2022-36794 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36794 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) SPS firmware
- CVE-2022-36348 Privilege escalation in Intel (R) SPS firmware
- CVE-2020-0586 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) SPS
- CVE-2020-24509 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) SPS versions
- CVE-2019-0089 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Server Platform Services (SPS)
- CVE-2023-29153 Denial of service in Intel(R) SPS firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvg5-hjh8-246x.