ubuntu-cve-2021-28210
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-16 00:00
Modified
2025-07-16 04:57
Summary
Details

An unlimited recursion in DxeCore in EDK II.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An unlimited recursion in DxeCore in EDK II.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28210",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:57:07Z",
  "published": "2021-03-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28210"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/1137"
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    "USN-7060-1"
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-28210"
  ]
}



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