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CVE-2022-34398

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-34398 is a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability found in Dell BIOS. A local, authenticated attacker could exploit this flaw by precisely timing a Direct Memory Access (DMA) transaction during a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to achieve arbitrary code execution. Rated 7.0 High (CVSSv3.1), this vulnerability requires high attack complexity but grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low active exploitation or public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.22.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.5%
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 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dell.com / support/kbdoc/000206038
Vendor Advisory