CVE-2022-4990 (GCVE-0-2022-4990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-03 02:00 – Updated: 2026-07-03 02:00
VLAI
Summary
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in the ASUS AI Suite 3 driver allows a local user to bypass security validation and access restricted memory blocks via crafted IOCTL requests, leading to privilege escalation.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ASUS AI Suite 3 Affected: 0 , < v3.03.00 (custom)
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