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CVE-2022-36763

Heap Buffer Overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable

7.0 HighFix available

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Up 0.2 points since Jan 17, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.0

Heap Buffer Overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-39463 7.0

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
EUVD-2022-39463
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.0

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-122, CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-38308 7.8

CVE-2022-36763 affecting package edk2 for versions less than 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
AZL-38308
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-39247 7.8

CVE-2022-36763 affecting package edk2 for versions less than 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
AZL-39247
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-39559 7.8

CVE-2022-36763 affecting package hvloader for versions less than 1.0.1-3

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
AZL-39559
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVBELL-CVE-2022-36763 7.8
Record
BELL-CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-36763 7.8

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVOESA-2024-2022 7.8

edk2 security update

EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.

Security Fix(es):

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

(CVE-2022-36763)

Record
OESA-2024-2022
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2023 7.8

edk2 security update

EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.

Security Fix(es):

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

(CVE-2022-36763)

Record
OESA-2024-2023
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2024 7.8

edk2 security update

EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.

Security Fix(es):

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

(CVE-2022-36763)

Record
OESA-2024-2024
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2024:2264 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security update

Record
RHSA-2024:2264
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2024:3017 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security update

Record
RHSA-2024:3017
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2024:3017 8.8

Important: edk2 security update

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)

  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)

  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)

  • EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W (CVE-2022-36765)

  • edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)

  • edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)

  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)

  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
RLSA-2024:3017
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-36763 7.0

EDK2 is susceptible to a vulnerability in the Tcg2MeasureGptTable() function, allowing a user to trigger a heap buffer overflow via a local network. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-36763
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2024:2264 No score

Important: edk2 security update

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)
  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)
  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)
  • edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)
  • edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)
  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)
  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)
  • openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2024:2264
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2024:3017 No score

Important: edk2 security update

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)
  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)
  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)
  • EDK2: integer overflow in CreateHob() could lead to HOB OOB R/W (CVE-2022-36765)
  • edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)
  • edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)
  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)
  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2024:3017
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2025-1763122640 No score

edk2: Fix of 3 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-36763: fix heap buffer overflow in TPM2 measure boot library when processing GPT partition tables
  • CVE-2022-36764: fix heap buffer overflow in TPM measure boot library when calculating PE image event size
  • CVE-2022-36765: fix integer overflow in CreateHob() function that could lead to undersized HOB allocation and out-of-bounds memory access
  • Refactoring: fix symbol collision between TPM libraries introduced by CVE-2022-36763 and CVE-2022-36764 patches
Record
CLSA-2025-1763122640
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13949-1 No score

ovmf-202308-9.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ovmf-202308-9.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13949-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2024:2264 No score

Important: edk2 security update

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

  • edk2: Buffer overflow when handling Server ID option from a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message (CVE-2023-45235)

  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasureGptTable() (CVE-2022-36763)

  • EDK2: heap buffer overflow in Tcg2MeasurePeImage() (CVE-2022-36764)

  • edk2: Integer underflow when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message (CVE-2023-45229)

  • edk2: Out of Bounds read when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options (CVE-2023-45231)

  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45232)

  • edk2: Infinite loop when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header (CVE-2023-45233)

  • openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
RLSA-2024:2264
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6638-1 No score

edk2 vulnerabilities

Marc Beatove discovered buffer overflows exit in EDK2. An attacker on the local network could potentially use this to impact availability or possibly cause remote code execution. (CVE-2022-36763, CVE-2022-36764, CVE-2022-36765)

It was discovered that a buffer overflows exists in EDK2's Network Package An attacker on the local network could potentially use these to impact availability or possibly cause remote code execution. (CVE-2023-45230, CVE-2023-45234, CVE-2023-45235)

It was discovered that an out-of-bounds read exists in EDK2's Network Package An attacker on the local network could potentially use this to impact confidentiality. (CVE-2023-45231)

It was discovered that infinite-loops exists in EDK2's Network Package An attacker on the local network could potentially use these to impact availability. (CVE-2023-45232, CVE-2023-45233)

Mate Kukri discovered that an insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in Ubuntu's EDK2. An attacker could use this to bypass Secure Boot. (CVE-2023-48733)

Record
USN-6638-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
edk2-aarch64
AlmaLinux:9
before 20231122-6.el9
20231122-6.el9
edk2-ovmf
AlmaLinux:9
before 20231122-6.el9
20231122-6.el9
edk2-tools
AlmaLinux:9
before 20231122-6.el9
20231122-6.el9
edk2-tools-doc
AlmaLinux:9
before 20231122-6.el9
20231122-6.el9
edk2-aarch64
AlmaLinux:8
before 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2-ovmf
AlmaLinux:8
before 20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2
Azure Linux:3
before 20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
20240223gitedc6681206c1-1
edk2
Azure Linux:2
before 20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
20230301gitf80f052277c8-40
hvloader
Azure Linux:2
before 1.0.1-3
1.0.1-3
edk2
Alpaquita:23
0.0.202208-r0 up to 0.0.202508-r1
0.0.202508-r1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
edk2
Alpaquita:25
0.0.202308-r2 up to 0.0.202508-r1
0.0.202508-r1
edk2
Alpaquita:stream
0.0.202302-r0 up to 0.0.202508-r0
0.0.202508-r0
edk2-aarch64
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
edk2-ovmf
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
edk2-tools
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
edk2-tools-doc
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
edk2
Debian:12
before 2022.11-6+deb12u1, plus listed versions
2022.11-6
2022.11-6+deb12u1
edk2
Debian:13
before 2023.11-5
2023.11-5
edk2
Debian:14
before 2023.11-5
2023.11-5
edk2
Debian:11
before 2020.11-2+deb11u3, plus listed versions
2020.11-22020.11-2+deb11u12020.11-2+deb11u2
2020.11-2+deb11u3
edk2
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3
before 202011-19.oe2203sp3
202011-19.oe2203sp3
edk2
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
before 202002-23.oe2003sp4
202002-23.oe2003sp4
edk2
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1
before 202011-19.oe2203sp1
202011-19.oe2203sp1
edk2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-aarch64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-ovmf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-aarch64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-ovmf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2-tools-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2-aarch64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2-ovmf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2
Rocky Linux:9
before 0:20231122-6.el9
0:20231122-6.el9
edk2
Rocky Linux:8
before 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0~20150106.5c2d456b-20~20160104.c2a892d7-10~20160408.ffea0a2c-20~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.10~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.20~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm10~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm30~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm4
None known
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0~20170911.5dfba97c-10~20171010.234dbcef-10~20171027.76fd5a66-10~20171205.a9212288-10~20180105.0bc94c74-1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-10~20180205.c0d9813c-20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.10~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.30~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm10~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm3
None known
edk2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5, plus listed versions
0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu10~20190828.37eef910-30~20190828.37eef910-40~20191122.bd85bf54-10~20191122.bd85bf54-1ubuntu1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu10~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu30~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.10~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.30~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.4
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5
edk2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2, plus listed versions
2021.08~rc0-22021.08-32021.11~rc1-12021.11-12021.11-2
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2022.02~rc1-12022.02~rc1-1ubuntu12022.02-12022.02-22022.02-32022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2
ovmf
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 202308-9.1
202308-9.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-36763 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Tianocore Edk2, published January 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. Fixed in edk2-aarch64 20231122-6.el9.

References

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