CVE-2014-8271

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

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.

Affected products

TianoCore edk2: before svn_16280 — fixed in svn_16280

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TianoCore edk2 svn_16280. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://sourceforge.net/p/edk2/code/16280/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/533140
http://sourceforge.net/p/edk2/code/16280/
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/533140

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