CVE-2025-29988

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged...

6.9 Medium

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.17%Up 0.2 points since Apr 9, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.9

Record: CVE-2025-29988
CVSS 3.1: 6.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness: CWE-121
Updated: 2026-11-03

EUVDEUVD-2025-10416 6.9

Record: EUVD-2025-10416
CVSS 3.1: 6.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pqf-w7fm-5f4w 6.9

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A high privileged...

Record: GHSA-3pqf-w7fm-5f4w
CVSS 3.1: 6.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness: CWE-121, CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.9

Record: CVE-2025-29988
CVSS 3.1: 6.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 6.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-121, CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	facts	CVE List, EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-29988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Dell Client Platform Bios, published April 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.