CVE-2021-21556

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.
References
Link Resource
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000187958 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r640_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r640:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r740_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r740:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r740xd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r740xd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r940_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r940:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r840_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r840:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r940xa_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r940xa:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_t640_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_t640:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 8 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_mx740c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_mx740c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 9 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_mx840c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_mx840c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Jun 2021, 18:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (CONFIRM) https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000187958 - (CONFIRM) https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000187958 - Vendor Advisory
CWE CWE-787
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 7.2
v3 : 6.7
CPE cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r640:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r840_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_mx840c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r940:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r740xd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r740:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r740_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_t640_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r840:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r940xa:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r940xa_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_t640:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_mx740c_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r640_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_mx740c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r740xd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_mx840c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r940_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

14 Jun 2021, 19:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-06-14 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-21556

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21556

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21556


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Products Affected

dell

  • poweredge_r840_firmware
  • poweredge_r940xa_firmware
  • poweredge_mx740c
  • poweredge_r940_firmware
  • poweredge_r940xa
  • poweredge_mx840c_firmware
  • poweredge_t640
  • poweredge_mx840c
  • poweredge_t640_firmware
  • poweredge_r640_firmware
  • poweredge_r940
  • poweredge_r640
  • poweredge_r740_firmware
  • poweredge_r840
  • poweredge_mx740c_firmware
  • poweredge_r740xd_firmware
  • poweredge_r740
  • poweredge_r740xd
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow