CVE-2024-22453: dell nx3230_firmware Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22453 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in dell nx3230_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-03-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 01-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to write to otherwise unauthorized memory.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA 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().
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.