CVE-2022-32484: Dell Alienware Area 51m r1 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a UEFI variable.

Affected products

Dell Alienware Area 51m r1 Firmware: before 1.21.0 (fixed in 1.21.0)
Dell Alienware Area 51m r2 Firmware: before 1.18.0 (fixed in 1.18.0)
Dell Alienware Aurora r10 Firmware: before 2.3.1 (fixed in 2.3.1)
Dell Alienware Aurora r11 Firmware: before 1.0.16 (fixed in 1.0.16)
Dell Alienware Aurora r12 Firmware: before 1.1.16 (fixed in 1.1.16)
Dell Alienware Aurora r13 Firmware: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)
Dell Alienware Aurora r8 Firmware: before 1.0.23 (fixed in 1.0.23)
Dell Alienware Aurora r9 Firmware: before 1.0.20 (fixed in 1.0.20)
Dell Alienware m15 r1 Firmware: before 2.14.0 (fixed in 2.14.0)
Dell Alienware m15 r2 Firmware: before 1.17.0 (fixed in 1.17.0)
Dell Alienware m15 r3 Firmware: before 1.19.0 (fixed in 1.19.0)
Dell Alienware m15 r4 Firmware: before 1.13.0 (fixed in 1.13.0)
Dell Alienware m17 r1 Firmware: before 2.14.0 (fixed in 2.14.0)
Dell Alienware m17 r2 Firmware: before 1.17.0 (fixed in 1.17.0)
Dell Alienware m17 r3 Firmware: before 1.19.0 (fixed in 1.19.0)
Dell Alienware m17 r4 Firmware: before 1.13.0 (fixed in 1.13.0)
Dell Alienware x14 Firmware: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)
Dell Alienware x15 r1 Firmware: before 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.11.0)
Dell Alienware x15 r2 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
Dell Alienware x17 r1 Firmware: before 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.11.0)
Dell Alienware x17 r2 Firmware: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)
Dell Chengming 3980 Firmware: before 2.24.0 (fixed in 2.24.0)
Dell Chengming 3988 Firmware: before 1.11.0 (fixed in 1.11.0)
Dell Chengming 3990 Firmware: before 1.14.0 (fixed in 1.14.0)
Dell Chengming 3991 Firmware: before 1.14.0 (fixed in 1.14.0)
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Published 2022-10-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.