CVE-2022-26864 is an input validation vulnerability affecting prior versions of Dell BIOS. A locally authenticated malicious user could exploit this flaw by sending malicious input to a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to bypass security controls within the System Management Mode (SMM). Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this vulnerability presents a high risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited, requiring local access with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:g15_5515_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:g5_se_5505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:inspiron_27_7775_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:inspiron_14_5425_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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.