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access.","status":"published","published":"2019-03-27T20:29:03.427Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:03:35.990672423Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:29.988046Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2021-0035","title":"Updated edk2 packages fix multiples security vulnerabilities","description":"Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated\nuser to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure\nand/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12179).\n\nInsufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an\nauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information\ndisclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12182).\n\nStack overflow in DxeCore for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to\npotentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or\ndenial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12183).\n\nBuffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user\nto potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via\nnetwork access. (CVE-2019-0160).\n\nStack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to\npotentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2019-0161).\n\nImproper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially\nenable information disclosure via network access. (CVE-2019-14553).\n\nInsufficient control flow management in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th, 10th\nGeneration Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor 4000 \u0026 5000 Series\nProcessors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of\nservice via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14558).\n\nUncontrolled resource consumption in EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user\nto potentially enable denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-14559).\n\nInteger truncation in EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially\nenable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2019-14563).\n\nLogic issue in DxeImageVerificationHandler() for EDK II may allow an\nauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local\naccess. (CVE-2019-14575).\n\nEDK II incorrectly parsed signed PKCS #7 data. An attacker could use this\nissue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14584).\n\nUse after free vulnerability in EDK II may allow an authenticated user to\npotentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or\ndenial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14586).\n\nLogic issue EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable\ndenial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14587).\n\nInteger overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an\nauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.\n(CVE-2019-14562).\n","status":"published","published":"2021-01-17T16:07:01Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:41.889312057Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:41.509337Z"}]}}