CVE-2024-38483

moderate-risk

Published 2024-08-14

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability in an externally developed component. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.8/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (20)

Latitude 5290 2-In-1 Firmware

Precision 3420 Tower Firmware

Precision 3620 Firmware

Wyse 7040 Thin Client Firmware

Precision 7720 Firmware

Precision 7520 Firmware

Precision 5530 2-In-1 Firmware

Precision 5520 Firmware

Precision 3520 Firmware

Optiplex 7450 All-In-One Firmware

Optiplex 5050 Firmware

Optiplex 3050 All-In-One Firmware

Optiplex 3050 Firmware

Latitude 7490 Firmware

Latitude 7480 Firmware

Latitude 7424 Rugged Extreme Firmware

Latitude 7414 Rugged Firmware

Latitude 7390 2-In-1 Firmware

Latitude 7390 Firmware

Latitude 7380 Firmware

Affected Vendors

Dell

References (1)

Vendor Advisory https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000225776/dsa-2024-260

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moderate-risk

Severity 15/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 24/34 · High