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Unscored USN-4684-1 2 CVEs

edk2 vulnerabilities

Published Jan 7, 2021 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Laszlo Ersek discovered that EDK II incorrectly validated certain signed
images. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted
image to cause EDK II to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-14562)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly parsed signed PKCS #7 data. An
attacker could use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14584)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS edk2 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS edk2 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS edk2 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14562
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14584