CVE-2024-0156
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell Digital Delivery, versions prior to 5.2.0.0, contain a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution and/or privilege escalation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell Digital Delivery versions prior to 5.2.0.0 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a local low-privileged attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, leading to privilege escalation on the affected system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 5.2.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Dell Digital Delivery is installedOpen Control Panel > Programs and Features, or use system inventory tools, to verify whether Dell Digital Delivery appears in the list of installed softwareAffected if Dell Digital Delivery is listed as an installed program
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Find the installed version numberIn Programs and Features, select Dell Digital Delivery and view the Details/Properties, or right-click and select Properties to find the Version field; alternatively, right-click the main executable file and view its version infoAffected if A version number for Dell Digital Delivery is displayed
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Compare version to affected rangeCompare the installed version number to 5.2.0.0 - any version lower than 5.2.0.0 (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, or earlier) falls within the affected rangeAffected if The installed version is less than 5.2.0.0
The environment is affected if Dell Digital Delivery is present and its installed version is any version prior to 5.2.0.0
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.2.0.0
Upgrade Dell Digital Delivery to version 5.2.0.0 or later to obtain the vendor patch that addresses the buffer overflow vulnerability.
5.2.0.0 or later
- 1. Check the current version of Dell Digital Delivery installed on the system
- 2. Navigate to Dell's official support website at www.dell.com
- 3. Search for Dell Digital Delivery and locate the download page
- 4. Download Dell Digital Delivery version 5.2.0.0 or later
- 5. Close any running instances of Dell Digital Delivery
- 6. Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the upgrade
- 7. Verify the installed version is 5.2.0.0 or higher after installation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-0156 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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