# CVE-2023-39251: Memory corruption in CPG BIOS

> A local high-privilege attacker can exploit improper input validation in Dell BIOS to corrupt memory, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jh5h-57c3-2c78

## What is CVE-2023-39251?

CVE-2023-39251 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 22 Dec 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. A local malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to corrupt memory on the system.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39251?

It affects 13 products.


Products: Dell Inspiron 7510 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged Firmware, Dell Latitude 5521 Firmware, Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Firmware, Dell Precision 3561 Firmware, Dell Precision 5560 Firmware, Dell Precision 5760 Firmware, Dell Precision 7560 Firmware, Dell Precision 7760 Firmware, Dell Vostro 7510 Firmware, Dell Xps 15 9510 Firmware, Dell Xps 17 9710 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39251 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39251 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 22 Dec 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-2023-39251 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-2023-39251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39251/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39251
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39251
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39251

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39251/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.