CVE-2020-5388
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5388cnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerabilitycnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/zh-tw/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability?lang=enPatchcnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerabilityenisa_euvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerabilityVendor Advisorynvd
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