CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-97631
9.5 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-28
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.5 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120, CWE-131, CWE-787
Description
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause “Out-of-bounds
Write”, Classic
Buffer Overflow, and “Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size” by remote access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability
can lead to arbitrary
code execution. It could also impact
Confidentiality,
Integrity,
and Availability.
Related
References
- https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-99cj-7hg9-mp4m github.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/28/4 www.openwall.com
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/code-execution-flaw-in-uefi-firmware-threatens-most-servers-on-planet-earth/ arstechnica.com
- https://github.com/microsoft/mu_basecore/pull/1989 github.com
- https://github.com/microsoft/mu_basecore/pull/1990 github.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50265393 news.ycombinator.com