Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVE-2022-36763
Summary
EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.
- HIGH
- LOCAL
- LOW
- CHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- LOW
- HIGH
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
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Advisory Timeline
- Published
