CVE-2022-24415
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 11, 2022 at 09:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:31 AM UTC
93 products affected across 1 vendorEmbedded Box Pc 5000 FirmwareAlienware Area 51M R2 FirmwareAlienware M15 R3 Firmware
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution during SMM.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.16.1
Affected range stops below 1.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-13-r3 (same device)
v < 1.16.1
Affected range stops below 1.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-15-r3 (same device)
v < 1.17.0
Affected range stops below 1.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-15-r4 (same device)
v < 1.16.1
Affected range stops below 1.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-17-r4 (same device)
v < 1.17.0
Affected range stops below 1.17.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-17-r5 (same device)
v < 1.18.0
Affected range stops below 1.18.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r1 (same device)
v < 1.13.0
Affected range stops below 1.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-area-51m-r2 (same device)
v < 1.0.20
Affected range stops below 1.0.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-aurora-r8 (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-r2 (same device)
v < 1.14.0
Affected range stops below 1.14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-alienware-m15-r3 (same device)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000197057/dsa-2022-053CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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