# CVE-2024-38483: Other in Dell Client Platform BIOS

> A local high-privileged attacker can exploit improper input validation in Dell BIOS to execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cwwj-4w92-qq6h

## What is CVE-2024-38483?

CVE-2024-38483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Embedded Box Pc 5000 Firmware, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability in an externally developed component. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38483?

It affects 41 products.


Products: Dell Embedded Box Pc 5000 Firmware, Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme 7214 Firmware, Dell Latitude 13 3380 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3300 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3390 2-in-1 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5280 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5288 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5290 2-in-1 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5290 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5400 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5414 Rugged Firmware, Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged Firmware, Dell Latitude 5424 Rugged Firmware, Dell Latitude 5480 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5488 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5490 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5580 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5590 Firmware, Dell Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware, Dell Latitude 7280 Firmware and 21 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38483?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38483 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38483 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Embedded Box Pc 5000 Firmware, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Embedded Box Pc 5000 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-2024-38483/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38483/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38483
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38483
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38483

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38483/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.