CVE-2021-38578 (GCVE-0-2021-38578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-03 21:53 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
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Summary
Existing CommBuffer checks in SmmEntryPoint will not catch underflow when computing BufferSize.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-124 - A case of CWE-124 is occurring in PiSmmCore.
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Vendor Product Version
TianoCore EDK II Affected: edk2-stable202208
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