PT-2022-20621 · Dell · Dell Bios

Published 2022-09-12 · Updated 2023-06-29 · CVE-2022-31222

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dell BIOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability. A local authenticated administrator user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by consuming excess memory, causing the application to crash.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-31222

Affected Products

Dell Bios

References · 5

• https://dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31222 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31222 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/36071 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/49596 · Telegram Post