CVE-2022-32489

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

292 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · 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.

8.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 6

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 (292)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell BIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:bios:-
Dell CPG BIOSunspecified → OptiPlex 7770 All-In-One BIOSenisa_euvdEU
dell alienware area 51m r1 firmware< 1.21.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware area 51m r2 firmware< 1.18.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r10 firmware< 2.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r11 firmware< 1.0.16nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r12 firmware< 1.1.16nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r13 firmware< 1.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r13_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r8 firmware< 1.0.23nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r8_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware aurora r9 firmware< 1.0.20nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r9_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r1 firmware< 2.14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r2 firmware< 1.17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r3 firmware< 1.19.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m15 r4 firmware< 1.13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r1 firmware< 2.14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r2 firmware< 1.17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r3 firmware< 1.19.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware m17 r4 firmware< 1.13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m17_r4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware x14 firmware< 1.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_x14_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell alienware x15 r1 firmware< 1.11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_x15_r1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1705Dell BIOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-10-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell BIOS ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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