CVE-2014-8271 Memory corruption in EDK2

What is CVE-2014-8271?

CVE-2014-8271 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Tianocore EDK2, published on 6 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Reclaim function in Tianocore EDK2 before SVN 16280 allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges via a long variable name.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8271?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tianocore Edk2.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8271?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-8271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Tianocore EDK2

• CVE-2023-45230 Buffer Overflow in EDK II Network Package High 8.3
• CVE-2023-45234 Buffer Overflow in EDK II Network Package High 8.3
• CVE-2023-45235 Buffer Overflow in EDK II Network Package High 8.3
• CVE-2021-28210 Denial of service in EDK II High 7.8
• CVE-2019-14584 Null dereference in Tianocore EDK2 High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cf3p-hhrw-pr9m.