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Untrusted Pointer Dereference

CVE-2023-42772

High
8.7/10

Summary

Untrusted pointer dereference in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) reference processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published