VDB-177043 · CVE-2021-21554 · GCVE-0-2021-21554

Dell Precision 7920 Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge MX740c, PowerEdge MX840c and Precision 7920. This impacts an unknown function of the component Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-21554. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Dell PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge MX740c, PowerEdge MX840c and Precision 7920 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 06/15/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-21554. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Dell

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/04/2021 🔍
06/15/2021 +161 days 🔍
06/15/2021 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2021 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dell.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-21554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-21554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-177043

Entryinfo

Created: 06/15/2021 07:07
Updated: 06/18/2021 10:02
Changes: 06/15/2021 07:07 (36), 06/18/2021 10:02 (6)
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