CVE-2025-3770 (GCVE-0-2025-3770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-07 00:42 – Updated: 2025-08-07 13:28
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Summary
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “Protection Mechanism Failure” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to arbitrary code execution and impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TianoCore EDK2 Affected: 0 , ≤ edk2-stable202505 (Custom)
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Christopher Domas
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