What is CVE-2023-32461?

CVE-2023-32461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Xc Core Xc450, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-32461?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell EMC Xc Core Xc450

CVE-2023-32461

Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability. A local malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to corrupt memory and potentially escalate privileges.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-09-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000216543/dsa-2023-292-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32461?: CVE-2023-32461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Xc Core Xc450, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-32461?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.