CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5388
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Dell Inspiron 15 7579 2-in-1 BIOS versions prior to 1.31.0 contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.
Affected configurations
• dell inspiron 15 7579 firmware (< 1.31.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability Vendor Advisory