CVE-2022-34405

HIGH

7.3

CVSS Score

Published: January 25, 2023 at 04:15 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:50 AM UTC

34 products affected across 1 vendorRealtek High Definition Audio DriverAlienware m15 R3Alienware Area-51m R2

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Severity

HIGH7.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the Realtek audio driver. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by waiting for an administrator to launch the application and attach to the process to elevate privileges on the system.

Affected

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

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver · Dell

95%

v < 6.0.9254.1v < 6.0.9388.1v < 6.0.9394.1v < 6.0.9400.1v < 6.0.9407.1v < 6.0.9422.1v < 6.0.9433.1

Vendor states this is fixed in 1.37.275.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9254.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9388.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9394.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9400.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9407.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9422.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.9433.1 (unaffected)

dell-alienware-area-51m-r1 (environment) · dell-alienware-area-51m-r2 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r10 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r11 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r12 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r13 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r8 (environment) · dell-alienware-aurora-r9 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-r1 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-r2 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-r3 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-r4 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-r6 (environment) · dell-alienware-m15-ryzen-edition-r5 (environment) · dell-alienware-m17-r1 (environment) · dell-alienware-m17-r2 (environment) · dell-alienware-m17-r3 (environment) · dell-alienware-m17-r4 (environment) · dell-alienware-x15-r1 (environment) · dell-alienware-x17-r1 (environment) · dell-g15-5510 (environment) · dell-g15-5511 (environment) · dell-g15-5515 (environment) · dell-g3-3500-firmware (environment) · dell-g3-3590 (environment) · dell-g5-5000 (environment) · dell-g5-5090 (environment) · dell-g5-5500-firmware (environment) · dell-g5-5590 (environment) · dell-g7-7500-firmware (environment) · dell-g7-7590 (environment) · dell-g7-7700-firmware (environment) · dell-g7-7790 (environment)

Alienware Area 51M R1 · Delldevice

80%

All versions

Alienware Area-51m R2 · Delldevice

80%

All versions

Alienware Aurora R10 · Delldevice

80%

All versions

Alienware Aurora R11 · Delldevice

80%

All versions