Buffer Underflow Affecting edk2-ovmf package, versions <0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS9-EDK2OVMF-2874953
  • published 14 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 3 Mar 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 edk2-ovmf to version 0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream edk2-ovmf package and not the edk2-ovmf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Existing CommBuffer checks in SmmEntryPoint will not catch underflow when computing BufferSize.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.4 high
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SUSE

7.4 high