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CVE-2022-32491

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-32491 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Dell Client BIOS that allows a local, authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary write during System Management Mode (SMM) by manipulating a System Management Interrupt (SMI). This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with local access, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r13_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dell.com / support/kbdoc/000203758
Vendor Advisory