VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-18579

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-12-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Settings for the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) BIOS versions prior to 1.1.3 contain a configuration vulnerability. The BIOS configuration for the "Enable Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) pre-boot modules" setting is enabled by default. A local unauthenticated attacker with physical access to a user's system can obtain read or write access to main memory via a DMA attack during platform boot.

Weakness classification

  • security_alert@emc.com: CWE-16
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

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