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CVE-2019-0160 (GCVE-0-2019-0160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-27 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:44
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Escalation of Privilege and/or Denial of Service
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Affected: N/A
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