Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2024 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2024-0161

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation in PowerEdge Platform from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Dell PowerEdge Platform N/A – before 1.1.1N/A – before 1.13.2N/A – before 1.14.1N/A – before 1.9.1N/A – before 2.21.2N/A – before 2.21.1N/A – before 2.21.0N/A – before 2.19.0

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

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