CVE-2022-4990

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 99% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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. Refer to the 'End-of-Life Notice and Driver Update for Legacy ASUS Drivers ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(medium)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
0.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 3, 2026

Last Modified

July 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 7, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

ASUS Security Advisory | Latest Vulnerability Update

https://www.asus.com/security-advisory

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-4990(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 23:04 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-17 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-17 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-17 05:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-16 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-16 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-15 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-15 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-15 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-14 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-14 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-13 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-13 06:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-13 06:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-13 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-12 16:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-12 05:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-12 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-11 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-11 08:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-11 08:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-11 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-10 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-10 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-09 19:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-09 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-09 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-08 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-08 15:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-08 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-07 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-07 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-07 04:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-06 16:43 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.30
  21. 2026-07-06 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-06 16:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.3 · CVSS v4 → 7.3
  23. 2026-07-06 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-05 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-05 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-03 04:06 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-07-03 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-4990?
CVE-2022-4990 is a high vulnerability published on July 3, 2026. 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. Refer to the 'End-of-Life Notice and Driver…
When was CVE-2022-4990 disclosed?
CVE-2022-4990 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 3, 2026, with the most recent update on July 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-4990 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-4990 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-4990?
CVE-2022-4990 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-4990?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-4990, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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