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CVE-2022-32493

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CVE-2022-32493

Published: Oct 12, 2022

Modified: May 15, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.0

MEDIUM

Description

Dell BIOS contains an Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

VendorProductVersions

Dell

CPG BIOS

affected
unspecified - < XPS 8940 BIOS (version: 2.5.1)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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