VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-5388

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-11-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Dell Inspiron 15 7579 2-in-1 BIOS versions prior to 1.31.0 contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Weakness classification

  • security_alert@emc.com: CWE-119
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Primary references