Vigil@nce - OVMF: buffer overflow via HII Database Bitmap
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 26/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via HII Database Bitmap
of OVMF, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to
run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OVMF-buffer-overflow-via-HII-Database-Bitmap-28863