Vulnerability · Published Sep 12, 2022 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2022-31226

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow 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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell BIOS versions contain a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by sending excess data to a function in order to gain arbitrary code execution on the system.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	CPG BIOS	unspecified – before 21Q4 platforms

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202196 x_refsource_MISC