What is CVE-2024-52541?

CVE-2024-52541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Weak Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-52541?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6

CVE-2024-52541

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Authentication vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

Published 2025-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 5.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1390 — Weak Authentication

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000258429/dsa-2025-021 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52541?: CVE-2024-52541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware M15 R6, classified under Weak Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-52541?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.