CVE-2022-34401 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Dell Alienware M15 A6 Firmware

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Dell Alienware M15 A6 FirmwareDell Alienware M17 R5 FirmwareDell G15 5525 Firmware+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 18

Description

Dell BIOS contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to send larger than expected input to a parameter in order to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5dell/cpg_bios1.4.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xr3m-j4q9-hqr4: Dell BIOS contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability↗2023-01-18
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CVEList
CVE-2022-34401: Dell BIOS contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability↗2023-01-18
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