Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting edk2-tools package, versions <0:20240813-296.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EDK2TOOLS-8545626
  • published20 Dec 2024
  • disclosed5 Aug 2021

Introduced: 5 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-28216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 edk2-tools to version 0:20240813-296.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2722.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream edk2-tools package and not the edk2-tools package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

BootPerformanceTable pointer is read from an NVRAM variable in PEI. Recommend setting PcdFirmwarePerformanceDataTableS3Support to FALSE.

CVSS Scores

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