Integer overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local a
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: edk2 (Debian:12) 2020.05-4; edk2 (Debian:9) 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2; ovmf (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.9.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to edk2 (Debian:12) 2020.05-4; edk2 (Debian:9) 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2; ovmf (openSUSE:Leap 15.1) 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.9.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Integer overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- Published
- Nov 23, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 22th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-190
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| tianocore | edk2 | cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2 |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux9.0
- tianocore edk2all versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (intel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- EDK IIaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | edk2 | before 2020.05-4 | 2020.05-4 |
| Debian:9 | edk2 | before 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2 | 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | ovmf | before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.9.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.9.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | ovmf | before 201911-lp152.6.5.1 | 201911-lp152.6.5.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | ovmf | before 202105-3.4 | 202105-3.4 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 | ovmf | before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.35.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.35.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 | ovmf | before 201911-7.5.2 | 201911-7.5.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | ovmf | before 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.15.1 | 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.15.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9 | ovmf | before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.29.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.29.1 |
Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:edk2 | 2020.05-4 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:ovmf | 201911-lp152.6.5.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ovmf | 201911-7.5.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or WraparoundCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
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References
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