CVE-2021-21556

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Dell PowerEdge R640, R740, R740XD, R840, R940, R940xa, MX740c, MX840c, and T640 Server BIOS contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in systems with NVDIMM-N installed. A local malicious user with high privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a denial of Service, arbitrary code execution, or information disclosure in UEFI or BIOS Preboot Environment.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
DellPowerEdge BIOS Intel 15G>= unspecified, < 2.11.2

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 14, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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