CVE-2017-5731
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2019 at 02:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEDK2EDK II
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2017-11-07
Affected range stops below 2017-11-07, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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