DoS in Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin <1.3.1.2 & Lenovo Diagnostics <4.45
CVE-2022-3698 Published on October 25, 2023
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-3698 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2022-3698 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-3698
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Affected Versions
Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin :- Version and below 1.3.1.2 is affected.
- Version and below 4.45 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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