UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38578

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38578

    Published: 3 Mar 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38578
    Aliases:
    USN-7060-1

    Summary:

    Details: Existing CommBuffer checks in SmmEntryPoint will not catch underflow when computing BufferSize.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38578, https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/90516, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38578, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7060-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: edk2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2@0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3

    Affected versions

    0~20150106.5c2d456b-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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