CVE-2022-32492 (GCVE-0-2022-32492)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-11 16:40
Modified
2025-05-16 13:48
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell CPG BIOS Version: unspecified   < 2.21.0
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