CVE-2022-4816 Denial of service in Safecenter
A local user can crash the Lenovo Safecenter application, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4816?
CVE-2022-4816 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo Safecenter, published on 23 Jan 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 has been identified in Lenovo Safecenter that could allow a local user to crash the application.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lenovo Safecenter.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4816?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4816 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-2022-4816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h4m9-g4m2-rgjv.