Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
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, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked at the 6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
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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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover buffer-end violations through static analysis, fuzzing, or dynamic bounds checks.
Security engineering principles require bounds checking, safe arithmetic, and language choices that structurally eliminate post-end buffer accesses.
Process isolation confines the effects of an out-of-bounds read to the compromised process.
Input validation enforces bounds on lengths and indices before buffer operations, stopping out-of-bounds accesses after the end of the buffer.
Memory protection mechanisms limit the effects of post-end buffer accesses by blocking unauthorized code execution or data corruption.
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.
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly require bounds checking and input validation that prevent out-of-bounds buffer accesses.
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.