Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-28737 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Redhat Shim

Summary

There's a possible overflow in handle_image() when shim tries to load and execute crafted EFI executables; The handle_image() function takes into account the SizeOfRawData field from each section to be loaded. An attacker can leverage this to perform out-of-bound writes into memory. Arbitrary code execution is not discarded in such scenario.

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

• CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

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