What is CVE-2022-32493?

CVE-2022-32493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware_area_51m_r1, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-32493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell Alienware_area_51m_r1

CVE-2022-32493

Dell BIOS contains an Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Alienware_area_51m_r1
Dell Alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware
Dell Alienware_area_51m_r2
Dell Alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware
Dell Alienware_aurora_r10
Dell Alienware_aurora_r10_firmware
Dell Alienware_aurora_r11
Dell Alienware_aurora_r11_firmware
Dell Alienware_aurora_r12
Dell Alienware_aurora_r12_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security_alert@emc.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32493?: CVE-2022-32493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware_area_51m_r1, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-32493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.