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CVE-2013-3582

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Dell BIOS on Dell Latitude D###, E####, XT2, and Z600 devices, and Dell Precision M#### devices, allows local users to bypass intended BIOS signing requirements and install arbitrary BIOS images by leveraging administrative privileges and providing a crafted rbu_packet.pktNum value in conjunction with a crafted rbu_packet.pktSize value.

Affected products

• Dell Latitude D530: all versions
• Dell Latitude D531: all versions
• Dell Latitude D630: all versions
• Dell Latitude D631: all versions
• Dell Latitude D830: all versions
• Dell Latitude E4200: all versions
• Dell Latitude E4300: all versions
• Dell Latitude E5400: all versions
• Dell Latitude E5500: all versions
• Dell Latitude E6400: all versions
• Dell Latitude E6400 Atg: all versions
• Dell Latitude E6400 Atg Xfr: all versions
• Dell Latitude E6500: all versions
• Dell Latitude Xt2: all versions
• Dell Latitude Z600: all versions
• Dell Precision M2300: all versions
• Dell Precision M2400: all versions
• Dell Precision M4300: all versions
• Dell Precision M4400: all versions
• Dell Precision M6300: all versions
• Dell Precision M6400: all versions
• Dell Precision M6500: all versions

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA
• https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf
• https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf
• https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA
• https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf
• https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf
• https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth

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