# CVE-2023-22615: An issue was discovered in IhisiSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5.

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-11 · Updated: 2025-02-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in IhisiSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. IHISI subfunction execution may corrupt SMRAM. An attacker can pass an address in the RCX save state register that overlaps SMRAM, thereby coercing an IHISI subfunction handler to overwrite private SMRAM.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2023021

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