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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.