What is CVE-2024-0162?

CVE-2024-0162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc_xc_core_xc450, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2024-0162?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell Emc_xc_core_xc450

CVE-2024-0162

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to out-of-bound read/writ…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (4.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Dell Emc_xc_core_xc450
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc450_firmware
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc650
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc650_firmware
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc6520
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc6520_firmware
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc750
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc750_firmware
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc750xa
Dell Emc_xc_core_xc750xa_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security_alert@emc.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0162?: CVE-2024-0162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc_xc_core_xc450, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-0162?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.