CVE-2021-38578

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38578
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-03 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-02 17:24:00 UTC
DescriptionExisting CommBuffer checks in SmmEntryPoint will not catch underflow when computing BufferSize.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.0 All All All
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.1 All All All
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.2 All All All
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.3 All All All
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.4 All All All
Operating System Insyde Kernel 5.5 All All All
Application Tianocore Edk2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Insyde Security Advisory 2023024 | Insyde Software MISC www.insyde.com
Bug Access Denied MISC bugzilla.tianocore.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160621 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for edk2 (ELSA-2023-2165)
  • 183619 Debian Security Update for edk2 (CVE-2021-38578)
  • 241469 Red Hat Update for edk2 security (RHSA-2023:2165)
  • 753928 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ovmf (SUSE-SU-2023:1921-1)
  • 753933 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ovmf (SUSE-SU-2023:1941-1)
  • 753934 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ovmf (SUSE-SU-2023:1940-1)
  • 753935 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ovmf (SUSE-SU-2023:1958-1)
  • 941044 AlmaLinux Security Update for edk2 (ALSA-2023:2165)
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