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CVE-2017-5731

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2019-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Bounds checking in Tianocompress before November 7, 2017 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• TianoCore edk2: before 2017-11-07 — fixed in 2017-11-07

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TianoCore edk2 2017-11-07. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686
• https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686

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