{"id":"CVE-2023-28075","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-28075","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:11:20.941Z","title":"Dell BIOS contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use vulnerability in BIOS.","description":"\nDell BIOS contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use vulnerability in BIOS. A local authenticated malicious user with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability by using a specifically timed DMA transaction during an SMI in order to gain arbitrary code execution on the system.\n\n","published":"2023-08-16T20:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:46:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-367"],"affected":["dell/alienware m15 r7 firmware","dell/alienware m16 firmware","dell/alienware m18 firmware","dell/chengming 3900 firmware","dell/chengming 3901 firmware","dell/chengming 3910 firmware","dell/chengming 3911 firmware","dell/chengming 3980 firmware","dell/chengming 3990 firmware","dell/chengming 3991 firmware","dell/g15 5520 firmware","dell/g16 7620 firmware","dell/g3 3500 firmware","dell/g5 15 5500 firmware","dell/g5 15 5590 firmware","dell/g7 15 7500 firmware","dell/g7 15 7590 firmware","dell/g7 17 7700 firmware","dell/g7 17 7790 firmware","dell/precision 5680 firmware","dell/precision 5820 tower firmware","dell/precision 7820 tower firmware","dell/precision 7920 tower firmware","dell/edge gateway 3000 firmware","dell/edge gateway 5000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 3000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 5000 firmware","dell/inspiron 14 5410 firmware","dell/inspiron 14 5418 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 3511 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5510 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5518 firmware","dell/inspiron 24 5420 all-in-one firmware","dell/inspiron 24 5421 all-in-one firmware","dell/inspiron 27 7720 all-in-one firmware","dell/inspiron 3020 small desktop firmware","dell/inspiron 3020 desktop firmware","dell/inspiron 3470 firmware","dell/inspiron 3480 firmware","dell/inspiron 3481 firmware","dell/inspiron 3493 firmware","dell/inspiron 3511 firmware","dell/inspiron 3580 firmware","dell/inspiron 3581 firmware","dell/inspiron 3583 firmware","dell/inspiron 3584 firmware","dell/inspiron 3593 firmware","dell/inspiron 3670 firmware","dell/inspiron 3780 firmware","dell/inspiron 3781 firmware","dell/inspiron 3793 firmware","dell/inspiron 3880 firmware","dell/inspiron 3881 firmware","dell/inspiron 3891 firmware","dell/inspiron 3910 firmware","dell/inspiron 5400 firmware","dell/inspiron 5401 aio firmware","dell/inspiron 5410 firmware","dell/inspiron 5490 aio firmware","dell/inspiron 5493 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08231,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-dell-client-bios-vulnerability","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212817/dsa-2023-152-security-update-for-a-dell-client-bios-vulnerability","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28075","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}