Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G up to 2.14.0 SMM Communication memory corruption

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G up to 2.14.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SMM Communication Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-0162. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G up to 2.14.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component SMM Communication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 out-of-bound read/writes to SMRAM.

The weakness was shared 03/13/2024 as dsa-2024-004. The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-0162 since 12/14/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.2.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.6, 1.9.1, 1.13.2, 1.14.1, 2.0.0 or 2.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.9.0
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.13.0
• 1.13.1
• 1.14.0
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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