Input validation

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM...

CVE-2022-32492

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM...

CVE-2022-32492

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM...

CVE-2022-32492

CVE-2022-32492 concerns Dell BIOS, where improper input validation may allow a local authenticated attacker to use an SMI to execute arbitrary code in SMRAM. Affected component is Dell BIOS; root cause is input validation failure that enables code execution within SMRAM via System Management Inte...

CVE-2022-32486

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM...

CVE-2022-32486

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM...

CVE-2022-32486

CVE-2022-32486 affects Dell BIOS (embedded software on Dell motherboard firmware). The root cause is an improper input validation vulnerability in Dell BIOS, which could allow a local authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in SMRAM by using an SMI. Impact is high across confid...

PT-2022-21345 · Dell · Dell Bios

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dell BIOS affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code...

PT-2022-6157 · Dell · Dell Bios

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dell BIOS affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to an improper input validation in Dell BIOS, which could be exploited by a local authenticated malicious user. This exploitation could potentially lead to arbitrary...

Intel Confirms Leak of Alder Lake BIOS Source Code

Chipmaker Intel has confirmed that proprietary source code related to its Alder Lake CPUs has been leaked, following its release by an unknown third-party on 4chan and GitHub last week. The published content contains Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI code for Alder Lake, the company's 12...

BIOS Based Provisioning Services Target Devices Boot Slow Within VMware ESX

BIOS based Provisioned Target Devices boot slow through single IO. Background This symptom appears random. It may occur on a single vm boot or many, for example: five out of ten vm's may boot as expected and the remaining five may boot anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes later. After boot when the Targ...

PT-2022-6364 · Dell · Dell Bios

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dell BIOS affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the use of an uninitialized variable in the BIOS software of Dell laptops. This could potentially allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. A local...

PT-2022-6305 · Dell · Dell Bios

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Dell BIOS affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to improper input validation in Dell BIOS, which could allow a local authenticated malicious user to potentially exploit this vulnerability. By using a System...

Remediate Your Vulnerable Lenovo Systems with Qualys Custom Assessment and Remediation

Lenovo disclosed Multi-Vendor BIOS Security Vulnerabilities in September 2022 that affect multiple Lenovo devices. These are high severity vulnerabilities that have the potential of resulting in information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of service. Here are the related CVEs:...

HPESBNS04337 rev.1 - Certain HPE NonStop Products Using Certain Intel Processor BIOS, INTEL-SA-00601, 2022.1 IPU – Intel BIOS Advisory, Multiple Local Vulnerabilities

Potential Security Impact: Local: Disclosure of Information, Escalation of Privilege SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: ONLY impacted versions are listed. HPE NonStop NS8 X4 CPU - Prior to 2.6605-17-2022 - SPR T0918L02^AAR HPE NonStop NS4 X4 CPU - Prior to 2.6605-17-2022 - SPR T0918L02^AAR HPE NonStop...

CVE-2022-40250

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system OS and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI...

CVE-2022-40261

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system OS and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI...

CVE-2022-40250

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system OS and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI...

CVE-2022-40261

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system OS and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI...

Design/Logic Flaw

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from ring 0 to ring -2, execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode - an environment more privileged than operating system OS and completely isolated from it. Running arbitrary code in SMM additionally bypasses SMM-based SPI...