VDB-223208 · CVE-2022-34418 · dsa-2022-204

Dell PowerEdge BIOS/Precision BIOS SMM Communication memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Precision BIOS. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMM Communication Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-34418. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Precision BIOS (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SMM Communication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local malicious user with high Privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution or cause denial of service.

The weakness was presented 03/16/2023 as dsa-2022-204. The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-34418 since 06/23/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/08/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Dell

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/23/2022 🔍
03/16/2023 +266 days 🔍
03/16/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/08/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2022-204
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-34418 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34418
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223208

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2023 13:48
Updated: 04/08/2023 15:37
Changes: 03/16/2023 13:48 (28), 03/16/2023 13:49 (20), 04/08/2023 15:37 (9)
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