CVE-2026-97631
Deferred
Deferred - Pending Action
EDK2 BIOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-97631, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-22
Last updated on: 2026-10-22
Assigner: TianoCore.org
Description
Description
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause “Out-of-bounds
Write”, Classic
Buffer Overflow, and “Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size” by remote access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability
can lead to arbitrary
code execution. It could also impact
Confidentiality,
Integrity,
and Availability.
CVSS Scores
EPSS Scores
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Meta Information
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-120 | The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer. |
| CWE-787 | The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
| CWE-131 | The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow. |
