What is CVE-2024-38303?

CVE-2024-38303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Dss 8440, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-38303?

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

Improper input validation in Dell Dss 8440

CVE-2024-38303

Dell PowerEdge Platform, 14G Intel BIOS version(s) prior to 2.22.x, contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.

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

Published 2024-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.0% 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-us/000228135/dsa-2024-309-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38303?: CVE-2024-38303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Dss 8440, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-38303?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.