Dell Client Platform BIOS up to 1.32.x/1.34.x/2.1.4/2.23.x stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Dell Client Platform BIOS up to 1.32.x/1.34.x/2.1.4/2.23.x. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-29988. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Dell Client Platform BIOS up to 1.32.x/1.34.x/2.1.4/2.23.x. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was shared by Inc. For Reporting This Issue. as dsa-2025-088. The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-29988 since 03/13/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.33.0, 1.35.0, 2.1.5 or 2.24.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Client Platform BIOS

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 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
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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