Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability.

published 2023-09-15 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36705

cvss: 5.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability. A local malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to corrupt memory and potentially escalate privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 20

dell poweredge_r660_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r760_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_c6620_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_mx760c_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r860_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r960_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_hs5610_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_hs5620_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r660xs_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r760xs_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r760xd2_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_t560_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_r760xa_firmware 1.1.3
dell poweredge_xe9680_firmware 1.1.3
dell poweredge_xr5610_firmware 1.1.4
dell poweredge_xr8620t_firmware 1.1.3
dell poweredge_xr7620_firmware 1.5.6
dell poweredge_xe8640_firmware 1.2.5
dell poweredge_r6615_firmware 1.3.11
dell poweredge_r7615_firmware 1.3.11

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-25)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Dell PowerEdge Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000216543/dsa-2023-292-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-vulnerability
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-32461
NVD CVE-2023-32461

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Summary