CVE-2024-0161 json
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability.
published 2024-03-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-15960
- cvss
- 7.2
- 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 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Dell PowerEdge Platform 1.1.1, 1.9.1, 1.13.2, 1.14.1, 1.19.0, 2.14.0, 2.19.0, 2.20.0, 2.21.0, 2.21.1, 2.21.2
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Dell PowerEdge Platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-0161
- NVD CVE-2024-0161
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