CVE-2022-24415 is an improper input validation vulnerability in Dell BIOS, affecting various Dell Inspiron, Vostro, XPS, and Alienware systems. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows a local, authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution during System Management Mode (SMM) via a System Management Interrupt (SMI), leading to potential full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| 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.