# CVE-2022-24410: Information disclosure in CPG BIOS

> An unauthenticated local attacker with physical access can read system information via debug interfaces in Dell BIOS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3m34-2j9g-qvqx

## What is CVE-2022-24410?

CVE-2022-24410 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware Area 51m R2 Firmware, published on 10 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell BIOS contains an information exposure vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker with physical access to the system and knowledge of the system configuration could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read system information via debug interfaces.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24410?

It affects 157 products.


Products: Dell Alienware 13 R2 Firmware, Dell Alienware 13 R3 Firmware, Dell Alienware 15 R2 Firmware, Dell Alienware 15 R3 Firmware, Dell Alienware 15 R4 Firmware, Dell Alienware 17 R3 Firmware, Dell Alienware 17 R4 Firmware, Dell Alienware 17 R5 Firmware, Dell Alienware Area 51m R1 Firmware, Dell Alienware Area 51m R2 Firmware, Dell Alienware Aurora R11 Firmware, Dell Alienware Aurora R7 Firmware, Dell Alienware Aurora R8 Firmware, Dell Alienware Aurora R9 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R1 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R2 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R3 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R4 Firmware, Dell Alienware M15 R6 Firmware, Dell Alienware M17 R1 Firmware and 137 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24410?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24410 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-24410 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24410 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24410 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware Area 51m R2 Firmware, published on 10 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24410 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Alienware Area 51m R2 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24410/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24410/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24410
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24410
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24410

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24410/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.