What is CVE-2025-29988?

CVE-2025-29988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Client Platform Bios, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2025-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-29988?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell Client Platform Bios

CVE-2025-29988

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Client Platform Bios — versions N/A

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000283859/dsa-2025-088 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29988?: CVE-2025-29988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Client Platform Bios, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.9/10. Published 2025-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-29988?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.9 out of 10.