EDK2 BootPerformanceTable assignment of a fixed address to a pointer

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in EDK2. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument BootPerformanceTable results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2021-28216. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in EDK2 (the affected version is unknown). The manipulation of the argument BootPerformanceTable with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-587. The product sets a pointer to a specific address other than NULL or 0. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was shared 08/06/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.tianocore.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-28216. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213371 (Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2024-2722)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213371). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Assignment of a fixed address to a pointer
CWE: CWE-587
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 213371
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2024-2722)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2021 🔍
08/06/2021 +146 days 🔍
08/06/2021 +0 days 🔍
11/04/2025 +1551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.tianocore.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-28216 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28216
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-180219

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2021 10:37
Updated: 11/04/2025 06:42
Changes: 08/06/2021 10:37 (32), 08/10/2021 09:30 (2), 08/10/2021 09:33 (1), 12/24/2024 05:27 (17), 11/04/2025 06:42 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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