Dell ControlVault3/ControlVault3 Plus ControlVault WBDI Driver buffer access with incorrect length value

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Dell ControlVault3 and ControlVault3 Plus. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ControlVault WBDI Driver. The manipulation leads to buffer access with incorrect length value. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-36461. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell ControlVault3 and ControlVault3 Plus (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component ControlVault WBDI Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer access with incorrect length value vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-805. The product uses a sequential operation to read or write a buffer, but it uses an incorrect length value that causes it to access memory that is outside of the bounds of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple out-of-bounds read and write vulnerabilities exist in the ControlVault WBDI Driver Broadcom Storage Adapter functionality of Dell ControlVault3 prior to 5.15.14.19 and Dell ControlVault3 Plus prior to 6.2.36.47. A specially crafted WinBioControlUnit call can lead to memory corruption. An attacker can issue an api call to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability is triggered when submitting a `WinBioControlUnit` call to the StorageAdapter with the ControlCode 0 (`WBIO_USH_GET_TEMPLATE`) and with either and an invalid `ReceiveBuferSize` and/or an invalid `SendBufferSize`.

The weakness was published by Philippe Laulheret as dsa-2025-228. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36461 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2025).

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Class: Buffer access with incorrect length value
CWE: CWE-805 / CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
11/18/2025 +217 days Advisory disclosed
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-228
Researcher: Philippe Laulheret
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36461 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332735

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2025 07:32
Updated: 11/18/2025 08:18
Changes: 11/18/2025 07:32 (63), 11/18/2025 08:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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