CVE-2024-25942
What it is
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access with an admin-level account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.4 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Dell Poweredge r730 Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge r730xd Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge r630 Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge c4130 Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge r930 Firmware < 2.14.0
- Dell Poweredge m630 Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge m630 \(pe vrtx\) Firmware < 2.19.0
- Dell Poweredge fc630 Firmware < 2.19.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000223210/dsa-2024-104-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-smm-communication-buffer-verification-vulnerability
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000223210/dsa-2024-104-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-smm-communication-buffer-verification-vulnerability
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000223210/dsa-2024-104-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-smm-communication-buffer-verification-vulnerability
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000223210/dsa-2024-104-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-smm-communication-buffer-verification-vulnerability