Name: CVE-2021-28216: Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-28216, CWE-587, CWE-763, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00164

BootPerformanceTable pointer is read from an NVRAM variable in PEI. Recommend setting PcdFirmwarePerformanceDataTableS3Support to FALSE.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade edk2-debuginfoUpgrade edk2-toolsUpgrade edk2-tools-docUpgrade edk2-aarch64Upgrade edk2-ovmf	Dec 20, 2024	Aug 5, 2021
Debian	—	Upgrade edk2	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 5, 2021
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 5, 2021

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CVSS Details

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