CVE-2019-18579

published 2019-12-16

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…

medium 6.8 CVSS 3.1

AV P AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

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

CWE-16