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OS X update for EFI (CVE-2014-4860)

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OS X update for EFI (CVE-2014-4860)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/04/2017
Modified
03/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2015-004-yosemite
  • apple-osx-security-update-2015-007-mavericks
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_11_1

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