Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with administrator privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a UEFI variable.
- Published
- Jun 23, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 5th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
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Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.7
- CNA · dell
- 5.1
- 1.6 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| dell | alienware area 51m r1 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware |
| dell | alienware area 51m r1 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_area_51m_r1 |
| dell | alienware area 51m r2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware |
| dell | alienware area 51m r2 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_area_51m_r2 |
| dell | alienware aurora r11 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware |
| dell | alienware aurora r11 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_aurora_r11 |
| dell | alienware aurora r12 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware |
| dell | alienware aurora r12 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_aurora_r12 |
| dell | alienware aurora r13 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r13_firmware |
| dell | alienware aurora r13 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_aurora_r13 |
| dell | alienware aurora r15 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_aurora_r15_firmware |
| dell | alienware aurora r15 | cpe:2.3:h:dell:alienware_aurora_r15 |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- dell alienware area 51m r1 firmwarebefore 1.26.0
- dell alienware area 51m r2 firmwarebefore 1.22.0
- dell alienware aurora r11 firmwarebefore 1.0.20
- dell alienware aurora r12 firmwarebefore 1.1.20
- dell alienware aurora r13 firmwarebefore 1.12.0
- dell alienware aurora r15 firmwarebefore 1.1.0
- dell alienware m15 r2 firmwarebefore 1.22.0
- dell alienware m15 r3 firmwarebefore 1.23.0
- dell alienware m15 r4 firmwarebefore 1.17.0
- dell alienware m15 r6 firmwarebefore 1.21.0
- dell alienware m15 r7 firmwarebefore 1.16.0
- dell alienware m16 firmwarebefore 1.7.0
- dell alienware m17 r2 firmwarebefore 1.22.0
- dell alienware m17 r3 firmwarebefore 1.23.0
- dell alienware m17 r4 firmwarebefore 1.17.0
- dell alienware x14 firmwarebefore 1.12.0
- dell alienware x15 r1 firmwarebefore 1.18.0
- dell alienware x15 r2 firmwarebefore 1.13.0
- dell alienware x17 r1 firmwarebefore 1.18.0
- dell alienware x17 r2 firmwarebefore 1.13.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Dell CPG BIOS
- All Versionsaffected
Same product
dell: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-32493Dell BIOS contains an Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.31Monitor
- CVE-2022-32491Dell Client BIOS contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability.31Monitor
- CVE-2022-32489Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.31Monitor
- CVE-2022-32488Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.31Monitor
- CVE-2022-32487Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.31Monitor
- CVE-2022-32485Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.