Vulnerability · Published Feb 9, 2022 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2022-22566

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in CPG BIOS from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Select Dell Client Commercial and Consumer platforms contain a pre-boot direct memory access (DMA) vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with physical access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary code on the device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	CPG BIOS	unspecified – before 1.15

Weakness: CWE-1190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000195905/dsa-2022-028 x_refsource_MISC