CVE-2022-31220
What it is
Dell BIOS versions contain an Unchecked Return Value vulnerability. A local authenticated administrator user could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to change the state of the system or cause unexpected failures.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 3.0 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-1038
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Dell Chengming 3900 Firmware < 1.1.66
- Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Firmware < 1.2.0
- Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 Firmware < 1.2.0
- Dell Inspiron 3910 Firmware < 1.1.66
- Dell Inspiron 5320 Firmware < 1.1.0
- Dell Inspiron 5420 Firmware < 1.4.1
- Dell Inspiron 5620 Firmware < 1.4.1
- Dell Inspiron 7420 Firmware < 1.3.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 3.0
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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