CVE-2022-24420 is an improper input validation vulnerability in Dell BIOS, affecting various Dell products including Inspiron, Vostro, XPS, and Alienware systems. A local, authenticated attacker could exploit this flaw via a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to achieve arbitrary code execution within the System Management Mode (SMM), leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog. However, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_13_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_15_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_15_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_17_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_17_r5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.