CVE-2025-29989
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions...
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
- Record
CVE-2025-29989- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1328
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10503
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10503- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5537-v9p2-j3p7
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions...
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
- Record
GHSA-5537-v9p2-j3p7- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-1328
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to BIOS upgrade denial.
- Record
CVE-2025-29989- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1328
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-29989 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Dell Client Platform Bios, published April 10, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.