Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2023· Updated Mar 19, 2025

CVE-2022-40080

Description

Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.

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Affected products

Aspire/E5-475G BIOS firmwaredescription
Acer/Aspire E5-475Gllm-create

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References

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github.com/10TG/vulnerabilities/blob/main/Acer/CVE-2022-40080/CVE-2022-40080.mdmitre

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