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GHSA-XCR3-2HG5-6C3W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-18 12:30 – Updated: 2023-01-26 18:30

Details

Dell Alienware m17 R5 BIOS version prior to 1.2.2 contain a buffer access vulnerability. A malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability by sending input larger than expected in order to leak certain sections of SMRAM.

Severity

2.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-34399 (GCVE-0-2022-34399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-18 11:20 – Updated: 2025-04-03 18:06

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-02 16:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-805 - Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Assigner

dell CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 448 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00020532…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Dell	CPG BIOS	Affected: 0 , < 1.2.2 (custom)

Date Public

2022-11-15 17:00

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