CVE-2021-28216
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-05 20:44
Modified
2024-08-03 21:40
Severity ?
Summary
BootPerformanceTable pointer is read from an NVRAM variable in PEI. Recommend setting PcdFirmwarePerformanceDataTableS3Support to FALSE.
References
infosec@edk2.groups.iohttps://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2957Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2957Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TianoCore EDK II Version: EDK II Master
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