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CVE-2021-21555

Dell PowerEdge R640, R740, R740XD, R840, R940, R940xa, MX740c, MX840c, and T640 Server BIOS contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in systems with …

Impact

Dell PowerEdge R640, R740, R740XD, R840, R940, R940xa, MX740c, MX840c, and T640 Server BIOS contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in systems with NVDIMM-N installed. A local malicious user with high privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a denial of Service, arbitrary code execution, or information disclosure in UEFI or BIOS Preboot Environment.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DellPoweredge R640 Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge R740 Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge R740xd Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge R940 Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge R840 Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge R940xa Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge T640 Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge Mx740c Firmware
before 2.11.2
DellPoweredge Mx840c Firmware
before 2.11.2

Weakness classification

References