CVE-2014-4860

Publication date 31 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.8 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the Pre-EFI Initialization (PEI) boot phase in the Capsule Update feature in the UEFI implementation in EDK2 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by providing crafted data that is not properly handled during the coalescing phase.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
edk2 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.8 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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