CVE-2019-18579

Summary

CVECVE-2019-18579
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-16 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-30 17:33:00 UTC
DescriptionSettings 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Dell Xps 7390 - All All All
Hardware Dell Xps 7390 - All All All
Operating System Dell Xps 7390 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Dell Xps 7390 Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DSA-2019-174: Dell Client XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) Configuration Vulnerability | Dell US MISC www.dell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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