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Insecure Automated Optimizations

CVE-2022-31220

Low
3/10

Summary

Dell BIOS versions contain an Unchecked Return Value vulnerability. A local authenticated administrator user could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to change the state of the system or cause unexpected failures.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-1038 - Insecure Automated Optimizations

The product uses a mechanism that automatically optimizes code, e.g. to improve a characteristic such as performance, but the optimizations can have an unintended side effect that might violate an intended security assumption.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published