# CVE-2023-32480: Code injection in CPG BIOS

> An unauthenticated physical attacker can exploit improper input validation in Dell BIOS to execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x39f-m4x2-52g8

## What is CVE-2023-32480?

CVE-2023-32480 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 23 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated physical attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32480?

It affects 31 products.


Products: Dell Alienware M15 R7 Firmware, Dell G15 5510 Firmware, Dell G15 5520 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 14 5410 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 14 5418 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 15 5510 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 15 5518 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 16 7620 2-in-1 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 3520 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5410 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5420 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5620 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7420 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7510 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3320 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3420 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3430 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3520 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3530 Firmware and 11 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-32480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware

- [CVE-2023-28075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28075/): Race condition in CPG BIOS (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-32453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32453/): Auth bypass in CPG BIOS (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32480 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32480 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 23 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32480/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32480/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32480
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32480
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32480

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32480/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.