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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38576 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12edk20
Debian:13edk20
Debian:14edk20

Timeline

  • Jan 3, 2022 CVE Published
  • Oct 23, 2026 CVE Updated
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