CVE-2023-43088

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-43088?

Upgrade precision 7865 tower firmware to 1.5.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-43088 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-43088 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.28% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 20% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-43088?

CVE-2023-43088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-43088 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for precision 7865 tower firmware (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Dell Client BIOS contains a pre-boot direct memory access (DMA) vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with physical access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary code on the device.

CWE-16

How to fix

Remediation Available

precision 7865 tower firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.5.0Fixed in:1.5.0CVE-2023-43088derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

dell.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2004-2687	High	9.3	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2335	Medium	5.0	85%	-	Fix
CVE-2006-3677	High	7.5	79%	-	Fix
CVE-2011-4404	Medium	5.0	60%	-	-
CVE-2006-0848	Medium	5.1	58%	-	-
CVE-2007-3898	Medium	6.4	52%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-43088?

Upgrade precision 7865 tower firmware to 1.5.0 or later.

Is CVE-2023-43088 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-43088 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.28% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 20% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-43088?

CVE-2023-43088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-43088 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for precision 7865 tower firmware (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.