CVE-2022-3698 Denial of service in Diagnostics
A local user with administrative access can trigger a system crash in Lenovo Diagnostics and HardwareScanPlugin, causing denial of service.
- 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-2022-3698?
CVE-2022-3698 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo Diagnostics, published on 24 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin versions prior to
1.3.1.2
and
Lenovo Diagnostics versions prior to 4.45
that could allow a local user with administrative access to trigger a system crash.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3698?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Lenovo Diagnostics, Lenovo Hardwarescan Plugin.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3698 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-2022-3698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo Diagnostics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2pfh-4x3h-w3hm.