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CVE-2024-25942

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
nx3230 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
nx3330 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge c4130 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge c6320 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge fc430 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge fc630 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge fc830 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge m630 \(pe vrtx\) firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge m630 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge m830 \(pe vrtx\) firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge m830 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r430 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r530 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r630 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r730 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r730xd firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r830 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 1.19.0Fixed in:1.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge r930 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.14.0Fixed in:2.14.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge t430 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
poweredge t630 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
xc430 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
xc630 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
xc6320 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
xc730 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD
xc730xd firmwareNVD
Affected:< 2.19.0Fixed in:2.19.0CVE-2024-25942derived from NVD

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 ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days
14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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