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High USN-6920-1 5 CVEs

edk2 vulnerabilities

Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that EDK II was not properly performing bounds checks
in Tianocompress, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An authenticated
user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges via
local access. (CVE-2017-5731)

It was discovered that EDK II had an insufficient memory write check in
the SMM service, which could lead to a page fault occurring. An
authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their
privileges, disclose information and/or create a denial of service via
local access. (CVE-2018-12182)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in DxeCore, which
could lead to a stack overflow. An unauthenticated user could this
issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information
and/or create a denial of service via local access. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-12183)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in the
Variable service under certain circumstances. An authenticated user could
use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose
information and/or create a denial of service via local access.
(CVE-2018-3613)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in its system
firmware, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An unauthenticated user
could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges and/or
create a denial of service via network access. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0160)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS edk2 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS edk2 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5731
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3613
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12182
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12183
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-0160