# CVE-2024-0163: Race condition in PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G

> A local low-privileged attacker can exploit a TOCTOU race condition in Dell PowerEdge BIOS to access unauthorized resources and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m88f-jj9j-8c3p

## What is CVE-2024-0163?

CVE-2024-0163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G, published on 13 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0163?

It affects 58 products.


Products: Dell Emc Xc Core Xc450 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc650 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc6520 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750xa Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc7525 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6520 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6525 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6615 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6620 Firmware, Dell Poweredge Hs5610 Firmware, Dell Poweredge Hs5620 Firmware, Dell Poweredge Mx750c Firmware, Dell Poweredge Mx760c Firmware, Dell Poweredge R250 Firmware, Dell Poweredge R350 Firmware, Dell Poweredge R450 Firmware, Dell Poweredge R550 Firmware, Dell Poweredge R650 Firmware, Dell Poweredge R650xs Firmware and 38 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G

- [CVE-2024-0162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0162/): Memory corruption in PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-32461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32461/): Memory corruption in PowerEdge Platform (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G, published on 13 Mar 2024. 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-2024-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerEdge BIOS Intel 16G. 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-2024-0163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0163/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0163

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0163/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.