Integer Overflow in CreateHob (TianoCore edk2)

CVE-2022-36765
HIGH 7.0

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.29 % · percentile 22 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
TianoCore
NVD status
Modified

Description

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the CreateHob() function, allowing a user to trigger a integer overflow to buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-680 — Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:HTianoCore
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:HNVD · infosec@edk2.groups.io (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
TianoCore · edk2affected * ≤ 202311

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD