Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-0173 is a low-severity Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) vulnerability in Dell Poweredge R660 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 3.8 (Low).
Operationally, ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-15972
Vulnerability Data
Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper parameter initialization vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read the contents of non-SMM stack memory.
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V1.4.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require bounds checking and input validation that prevent out-of-bounds buffer accesses.
Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.
Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect buffer-overrun defects before release.
Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Secure development life cycle includes buffer-handling practices that reduce out-of-bounds accesses.
Application security requirements can mandate bounds checking and safe memory APIs.
Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe pointer arithmetic and unbounded buffers.
Secure coding standards directly forbid writing or reading past buffer ends.