CVE-2022-34390 (GCVE-0-2022-34390)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-12 19:25 – Updated: 2025-05-12 18:51
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
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Dell CPG BIOS Affected: unspecified , < 8 MSI Platforms (custom)
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