What is CVE-2024-0158?

CVE-2024-0158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2024-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-0158?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Dell Alienware M15 R6

CVE-2024-0158

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to modify a UEFI variable, leading to denial of service and escalation of privileges

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2024-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000220141/dsa-2024-030-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0158?: CVE-2024-0158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2024-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-0158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.