CVE-2013-3582
Description
Buffer overflow in Dell BIOS on Dell Latitude D###, E####, XT2, and Z600 devices, and Dell Precision M#### devices, allows local users to bypass intended BIOS signing requirements and install arbitrary BIOS images by leveraging administrative privileges and providing a crafted rbu_packet.pktNum value in conjunction with a crafted rbu_packet.pktSize value.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf
- https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf
- https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.