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01 Record

CVE-2022-31222

Dell BIOS versions contain a Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability. A local authenticated administrator user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by consuming

LowPUBLISHEDCNA: dell
CNA base score2.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

02 Description

Dell BIOS versions contain a Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability. A local authenticated administrator user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by consuming

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 7.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-09-12 18:35Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:54Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2022-05-19
Assigning CNA
dell
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Low (CVSS 2.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
  • CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8ffef32a076fd480b7388eddcaa3cb4a626d3709086a067eeb4388fd03d5c85b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
DellCPG BIOS< 21Q4 platforms—

06 References