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CVE-2024-0161
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local…
High7.2EPSS 0.20%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dell
Description
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.
Timeline
ID reserved
By dell
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| dellCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected N/A – < 1.1.1
- affected N/A – < 1.13.2
- affected N/A – < 1.14.1
- affected N/A – < 1.9.1
- affected N/A – < 2.21.2
- affected N/A – < 2.21.1
- affected N/A – < 2.21.0
- affected N/A – < 2.19.0
- affected N/A – < 2.14.0
- affected N/A – < 1.19.0
- affected N/A – < 2.20.0
References (1)
Sources
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