CVE-2020-5388

Published: Nov 10, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

6.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 0.3 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

Description

Dell Inspiron 15 7579 2-in-1 BIOS versions prior to 1.31.0 contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Affected (1)

Products: Dell: Inspiron 15 7579 Firmware

1 product

Inspiron 15 7579 Firmware

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Dell Inspiron 15 7579 Firmware	Before 1.31.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Dell Inspiron 15 7579	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability

Source: security_alert@emc.com

Vendor Advisory

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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