CVE-2020-5388 (GCVE-0-2020-5388)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-10 14:50
Modified
2024-09-16 22:31
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS score ?
0.04% (0.13302)
Summary
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.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttps://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
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Vendor Product Version
Dell CPG BIOS Version: unspecified   < 1.31.0
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