CVE-2022-34403 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in Dell BIOS. A local, authenticated attacker can exploit this by sending oversized input via a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to a parameter, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution within SMRAM. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for significant impact including confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, though it requires local access and authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r7_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_ryzen_edition_r5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r5_amd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:g15_5510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.