Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2020
CVE-2014-8271
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name
6.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Edk2 · Tianocore
before svn_16280 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8271
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8271
Patch
http://sourceforge.net/p/edk2/code/16280/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/533140
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