CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-45233
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-01-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite lop vulnerability when parsing a PadN option in the Destination Options header of IPv6. This
vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized
access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability.
Affected configurations
• tianocore edk2 (<= 202311)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/PixieFail-Proof-Of-Concepts.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2 Mailing List
- https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6x-cw6p-gj7h Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJ42V7O7F4OU6R7QSQQECLB6LDHKZIMQ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0011/ security.netapp.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/PixieFail-Proof-Of-Concepts.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2 Mailing List
- https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6x-cw6p-gj7h Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJ42V7O7F4OU6R7QSQQECLB6LDHKZIMQ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0011/ security.netapp.com
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132380 www.kb.cert.org