CVE-2025-29989 (GCVE-0-2025-29989)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-10 01:55 – Updated: 2025-04-10 14:28
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Summary
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
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3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-1328 - Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions
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Dell Dell Client Platform BIOS Affected: N/A , < 2.42.0 (semver)
Affected: N/A , < 2.46.0 (semver)
Affected: N/A , < 1.18.0 (semver)
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