CVE-2023-43088

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Dell Client BIOS contains a pre-boot direct memory access (DMA) vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with physical access to the system may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary code on the device.

Affected products

Dell Precision 7865 Tower Firmware: before 1.5.0 — fixed in 1.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Precision 7865 Tower Firmware 1.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000218223/dsa-2023-377
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000218223/dsa-2023-377

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