vulnerability

Aruba AOS-8: CVE-2021-42059: SMM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in DisplayTypeDxe

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 1, 2022
Added
Jan 14, 2025
Modified
Apr 2, 2026

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow leads toarbitrary code execution in UEFI DisplayTypeDxe DXE driver.

Solution

aruba-aos-8-cve-2021-42059
Title
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