CVE-2024-42425: dell 7920_xl_firmware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42425 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in dell 7920_xl_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-09-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 10-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Dell Precision Rack, 14G Intel BIOS versions prior to 2.22.2, contains an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.

• CWE-788Access of Memory Location After End of BufferThe product reads or writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location after the end of the buffer.
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.