What is CVE-2024-28970?

CVE-2024-28970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-28970?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell Cpg Bios

CVE-2024-28970

Dell Client BIOS contains an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to platform denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-06-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.5% 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-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000225476/dsa-2024-168 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28970?: CVE-2024-28970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Cpg Bios, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-28970?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.