CVE-2024-25942 Memory corruption in PowerEdge Platform
A physical attacker with high privileges can exploit improper SMM buffer verification in Dell PowerEdge BIOS to write arbitrarily to SMRAM, potentially executing code or escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-25942?
CVE-2024-25942 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge Platform, published on 19 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 contains an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A physical high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to arbitrary writes to SMRAM.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25942?
It affects 25 products.
Products include Dell Nx3230 Firmware, Dell Nx3330 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C4130 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6320 Firmware, Dell Poweredge Fc430 Firmware, Dell Poweredge Fc630 Firmware and 19 more.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25942?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25942 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-25942 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25942 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge Platform
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g7r6-cg59-6p4f.