{"id":"CVE-2022-32484","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-32484","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:33.590Z","title":"Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.","description":"Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a UEFI variable.","published":"2022-10-12T20:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:47:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["dell/alienware area 51m r1 firmware","dell/alienware area 51m r2 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r11 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r12 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r13 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r10 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r8 firmware","dell/alienware aurora r9 firmware","dell/alienware m15 r1 firmware","dell/alienware m15 r2 firmware","dell/alienware m15 r3 firmware","dell/alienware m15 r4 firmware","dell/alienware m17 r1 firmware","dell/alienware m17 r2 firmware","dell/alienware m17 r3 firmware","dell/alienware m17 r4 firmware","dell/alienware x14 firmware","dell/alienware x15 r1 firmware","dell/alienware x15 r2 firmware","dell/alienware x17 r1 firmware","dell/alienware x17 r2 firmware","dell/chengming 3980 firmware","dell/chengming 3988 firmware","dell/chengming 3990 firmware","dell/chengming 3991 firmware","dell/g3 15 3590 firmware","dell/g3 15 5590 firmware","dell/g3 3579 firmware","dell/g3 3779 firmware","dell/g5 5000 firmware","dell/g5 5090 firmware","dell/g7 17 7590 firmware","dell/g7 17 7790 firmware","dell/edge gateway 3000 firmware","dell/edge gateway 5000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 3000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 5000 firmware","dell/inspiron 14 3467 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 2-in-1 5582 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 3567 firmware","dell/inspiron 3277 firmware","dell/inspiron 3280 firmware","dell/inspiron 3470 firmware","dell/inspiron 3471 firmware","dell/inspiron 3477 firmware","dell/inspiron 3480 firmware","dell/inspiron 3481 firmware","dell/inspiron 3482 firmware","dell/inspiron 3490 firmware","dell/inspiron 3493 firmware","dell/inspiron 3501 firmware","dell/inspiron 3502 firmware","dell/inspiron 3580 firmware","dell/inspiron 3581 firmware","dell/inspiron 3582 firmware","dell/inspiron 3590 firmware","dell/inspiron 3593 firmware","dell/inspiron 3670 firmware","dell/inspiron 3671 firmware","dell/inspiron 3780 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00175,"percentile":0.06895,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000203758","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000203758","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32484","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}