What is CVE-2024-25942?

CVE-2024-25942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Nx3230, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-25942?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-25942 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Dell Nx3230

CVE-2024-25942

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.

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

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

NaInSec/CVE-LIST

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25942?: CVE-2024-25942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Nx3230, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-25942?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25942 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.