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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-36323

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

CVSS 3.1
6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.24% probability · 15th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
dell/alienware 13 r3 firmware · dell/alienware 15 r3 firmware · dell/alienware 15 r4 firmware · dell/alienware 17 r4 firmware · dell/alienware 17 r5 firmware · dell/alienware area 51m r1 firmware · dell/alienware area 51m r2 firmware · dell/alienware aurora r11 firmware · dell/alienware aurora r12 firmware · dell/alienware aurora r7 firmware · dell/alienware aurora r8 firmware · dell/alienware aurora r9 firmware · dell/alienware aurora ryzen edition firmware · dell/alienware m15 r1 firmware · dell/alienware m15 r2 firmware · dell/alienware m15 r3 firmware · dell/alienware m17 r1 firmware · dell/alienware m17 r2 firmware · dell/alienware m17 r3 firmware · dell/alienware x15 r1 firmware · +40 more
Source
security_alert@emc.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.