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Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2022-31226

High
7.1/10

Summary

Dell BIOS versions contain a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by sending excess data to a function in order to gain arbitrary code execution on the system.

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

CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

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  • Published