CVE-2019-18579: Settings 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…

PriorityP428medium6.8CVSS 3.1

AVPACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.34%

26.6th percentile

Settings 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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dell	cpg_bios	>= unspecified < 1.1.3	1.1.3
dell	xps_7390_firmware	< 1.1.3	1.1.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.6HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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