What is CVE-2024-22448?

CVE-2024-22448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-22448?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell Alienware M15 R6

CVE-2024-22448

Dell BIOS contains an Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000221744/dsa-2024-066 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-22448?: CVE-2024-22448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-22448?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.