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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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-3582 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 22 products from dell, from dell, from dell and 19 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-08-28T13:13:58.223

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.6 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	dell	latitude_d530	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_d531	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_d630	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_d631	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_d830	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e4200	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e4300	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e5400	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e5500	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e6400	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e6400_atg	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e6400_atg_xfr	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_e6500	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_xt2	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	latitude_z600	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m2300	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m2400	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m4300	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m4400	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m6300	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m6400	-	Yes
Hardware	dell	precision_m6500	-	Yes

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA US Government Resource ([email protected])
https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf Exploit ([email protected])
https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/912156 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-99HSLA US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-Slides.pdf Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Butterworth-BIOS-Security-WP.pdf Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Butterworth (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For dell's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.