Improper initialization for some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via lo…

published 2023-05-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53290

cvss: 4.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper initialization for some Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Patch / fix

links 1

intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00777.… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-27)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) NUC BIOS firmware

Classification

Weakness

CWE-665 Improper Initialization

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00777.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-31477
NVD CVE-2022-31477

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Summary