CVE-2021-38575 (GCVE-0-2021-38575)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe has remotely exploitable buffer overflows.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-124 - A case of CWE-124, CWE-680, and CWE-252 is occurring in NetworkPkg/IScsiDxe.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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