CVE-2020-5388

6.9 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.9) in dell inspiron 15 7579 firmware. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell Inspiron 15 7579 2-in-1 BIOS versions prior to 1.31.0 contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.9 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2020-11-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

dell:inspiron_15_7579_firmware

References

https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability
https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln322869/dsa-2020-215-dell-inspiron-15-7579-2-in-1-improper-smm-communication-buffer-boundary-verification-vulnerability

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