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FKIE_CVE-2023-45229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-01-16 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:28

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when processing the IA_NA or IA_TA option in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Confidentiality.

References

URL	Tags
infosec@edk2.groups.io	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/PixieFail-Proof-Of-Concepts.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
infosec@edk2.groups.io	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
infosec@edk2.groups.io	https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6x-cw6p-gj7h	Vendor Advisory
infosec@edk2.groups.io	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0011/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/PixieFail-Proof-Of-Concepts.html	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6x-cw6p-gj7h	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0011/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132380

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	tianocore	edk2	*

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CVE-2023-45229 (GCVE-0-2023-45229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 16:07 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:17

Title

Out-of-Bounds Read in EDK II Network Package

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-08 15:54 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

TianoCore mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/adviso…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/Pixie…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024030…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132380

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TianoCore	edk2	Affected: edk2-stable202308

Credits

Quarkslab Vulnerability Reports Team Doug Flick

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