What is CVE-2024-38490?

CVE-2024-38490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Idrac Service Module (Ism), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-38490?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38490 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Dell Idrac Service Module (Ism)

CVE-2024-38490

Dell iDRAC Service Module version 5.3.0.0 and prior, contain a Out of bound Write Vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could execute arbitrary code potentially resulting in a denial of service event.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (13.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Idrac Service Module (Ism) — versions N/A

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

chnzzh/iDRAC-CVE-lib

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000227444/dsa-2024-086-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38490?: CVE-2024-38490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Idrac Service Module (Ism), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-38490?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38490 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.