CVE-2022-34390

HIGH

Dell Alienware Area-51 R5 Firmware - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Title source: rule

Description

Dell BIOS contains a use of uninitialized variable vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000203882

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-457 CWE-908

Status published

Affected Products (2)

dell/alienware_area-51_r5_firmware < 2.0.6

dell/alienware_area-51_r4_firmware < 2.0.6

Timeline

Published Oct 12, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026