PixieFail: Nine flaws in UEFI open-source reference implementation could have severe impacts

Experts found multiple flaws, collectively named PixieFail, in the network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the UEFI. Quarkslab researchers discovered nine vulnerabilities, collectively tracked as e PixieFAIL, affecting the IPv6 network protocol stack of EDK II, TianoCore’s open source reference implementation of UEFI. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines the […]

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