CVE-2013-3582
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-3516)
- Published
- August 28, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3516 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dell / latitude d530
- dell / latitude d531
- dell / latitude d630
- dell / latitude d631
- dell / latitude d830
- dell / latitude e4200
- dell / latitude e4300
- dell / latitude e5400
- dell / latitude e5500
- dell / latitude e6400
- dell / latitude e6400 atg
- dell / latitude e6400 atg xfr
- dell / latitude e6500
- dell / latitude xt2
- dell / latitude z600
- dell / precision m2300
- dell / precision m2400
- dell / precision m4300
- dell / precision m4400
- dell / precision m6300
- dell / precision m6400
- dell / precision m6500
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA(US Government Resource)
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf(Exploit)
- https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf(Exploit)
- https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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