CVE-2022-32485

HIGH

Dell Alienware Area 51m R1 Firmware - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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 in SMRAM.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
dell/alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware < 1.21.0
dell/alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware < 1.18.0
dell/alienware_aurora_r10_firmware < 2.3.1
dell/alienware_aurora_r11_firmware < 1.0.16
dell/alienware_aurora_r12_firmware < 1.1.16
dell/alienware_aurora_r13_firmware < 1.5.0
dell/alienware_aurora_r8_firmware < 1.0.23
dell/alienware_aurora_r9_firmware < 1.0.20
dell/alienware_m15_r1_firmware < 2.14.0
dell/alienware_m15_r2_firmware < 1.17.0
... and 40 more
Published Oct 12, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026