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EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause “Out-of-bounds\nWrite”, Classic\nBuffer Overflow, and “Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size” by remote access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability\ncan lead to arbitrary\ncode execution. It could also impact\nConfidentiality,\nIntegrity,\nand Availability.

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