CVE-2022-43779
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP...
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2022-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2022-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-46749
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2022-46749- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fg8p-pjfg-p9xm
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP...
A potential Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability has been identified in certain HP PC products using AMI UEFI Firmware (system BIOS) which might allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure. AMI has released updates to mitigate the potential vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-fg8p-pjfg-p9xm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- hp inc. pc products using ami uefi firmware
- hp 218 pro g5 mt firmware
- hp 260 g2 desktop mini firmware
- hp 260 g3 desktop mini firmware
- hp 260 g4 desktop mini firmware
- hp 280 g3 microtower pc firmware
- hp 280 g3 pci microtower pc firmware
- hp 288 pro g3 microtower pc firmware
- hp 290 g1 microtower firmware
- hp 348 g4 firmware
- hp desktop pro 300 g3 firmware
- hp desktop pro a 300 g3 firmware
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- hp desktop pro a g2 firmware
- hp desktop pro a g2 microtower firmware
- hp desktop pro a g3 firmware
- hp desktop pro a g3 microtower firmware
- hp desktop pro g3 firmware
- hp desktop pro g3 microtower firmware
- hp desktop pro microtower firmware
- hp rp2 retail system 2000 firmware
- hp rp2 retail system 2020 firmware
- hp rp2 retail system 2030 firmware
- hp zhan 66 pro a g1 microtower firmware
- hp zhan 66 pro a g1 r microtower firmware
- hp zhan 66 pro g1 r microtower firmware
- hp zhan 86 pro g1 microtower firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-43779 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Hp Inc. Pc Products Using Ami Uefi Firmware, published February 3, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.