Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.
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Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-02-16. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a second call to GetVariable services allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code in the UEFI DXE phase and gain escalated privileges.
February 16, 2023
March 19, 2025
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