CVE-2021-38576
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38576
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38576.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-38576
- Downstream
- Published
- 2022-01-03T22:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-08T03:05:24.806152Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A BIOS bug in firmware for a particular PC model leaves the Platform authorization value empty. This can be used to permanently brick the TPM in multiple ways, as well as to non-permanently DoS the system.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/tianocore/edk2
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/tianocore/edk2
- Events
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