CVE-2024-0162

Summary

CVE-2024-0162 is a vulnerability affecting Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell Precision Rack BIOS. This issue involves improper buffer verification during Smooth Boot (SMM) communication, enabling a local, low-privileged attacker to perform out-of-bound reads or writes to SMRAM. Successful exploitation could result in significant system disruption or data theft. Users are strongly encouraged to apply the recommended patches as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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