CVE-2021-36323

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.24% (15th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

291 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.5

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 6

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

affected products (291)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell CPG BIOSunspecified → 1.13.0enisa_euvdEU
dell alienware 13 r3 firmware< 1.13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_13_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware 15 r3 firmware< 1.13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_15_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware 15 r4 firmware< 1.14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_15_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware 17 r4 firmware< 1.13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_17_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware 17 r5 firmware< 1.14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_17_r5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware area 51m r1 firmware< 1.15.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware area 51m r2 firmware< 1.10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r11 firmware< 1.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r12 firmware< 1.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r7 firmware< 1.0.25nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r7_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r8 firmware< 1.0.17nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r9 firmware< 1.0.14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora ryzen edition firmware< 2.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_ryzen_edition_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r1 firmware< 2.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r2 firmware< 1.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r3 firmware< 1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r1 firmware< 2.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r2 firmware< 1.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r3 firmware< 1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-11-12modified 2026-06-17

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