CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-34390

Use of Uninitialized Variable

Published: Oct 12, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell BIOS contains a use of uninitialized variable vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Weakness

The code uses a variable that has not been initialized, leading to unpredictable or unintended results.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Alienware_area-51_r5_firmware Dell * 2.0.6 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References