What is CVE-2022-26859?

CVE-2022-26859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware_m15_r6, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-26859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Alienware_m15_r6

CVE-2022-26859

Dell BIOS contains a race condition vulnerability. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input via SMI in order to bypass security checks during SMM.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Dell Alienware_m15_r6
Dell Alienware_m15_r6_firmware
Dell Chengming_3980
Dell Chengming_3980_firmware
Dell Chengming_3988
Dell Chengming_3988_firmware
Dell Chengming_3990
Dell Chengming_3990_firmware
Dell Chengming_3991
Dell Chengming_3991_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26859?: CVE-2022-26859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware_m15_r6, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-26859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.