Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5378
CVE-2020-5378
Description
Dell G7 17 7790 BIOS versions prior to 1.13.2 contain a UEFI BIOS Boot Services overwrite vulnerability. A local attacker with access to system memory may exploit this vulnerability by overwriting the EFI_BOOT_SERVICES structure to execute arbitrary code in System Management Mode (SMM).
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:dell:g7_17_7790_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:dell:g7_17_7790_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.13.2
- (no CPE)range: <1.13.2
Patches
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References
1- www.dell.com/support/article/SLN322616nvdVendor Advisory
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