CVE-2022-22566

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2022 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:28 AM UTC
420 products affected across 1 vendorLatitude 3420Latitude 9410 FirmwareLatitude 5511 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms contain a pre-boot direct memory access (DMA) vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with physical access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary code on the device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.16.0
Affected range stops below 1.16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r1 (same device)
v < 1.11.0
Affected range stops below 1.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r2 (same device)
v < 1.12.0
Affected range stops below 1.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r3 (same device)
v < 1.6.2
Affected range stops below 1.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r4 (same device)
v < 1.6.01.6.0 < v < 1.8.0
Affected range stops below 1.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.12.0
Affected range stops below 1.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.6.2
Affected range stops below 1.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m17-r4 (same device)
v < 1.6.0
Affected range stops below 1.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-chengming-3990 (same device)
v < 1.6.0
Affected range stops below 1.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.8.0
Affected range stops below 1.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-g15-5510 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1190NVD-CWE-Other

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