Infinite loop in EDK II Network Package

Description

EDK2's Network Package is susceptible to an infinite loop vulnerability when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header of IPv6. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access and potentially lead to a loss of Availability.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-835 and its CVEs

Affected products

• TianoCore · edk2

  • affected edk2-stable202308

References (7)

• https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-hc6x-cw6p-gj7h (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/16/2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176574/PixieFail-Proof-Of-Concepts.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0011/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJ42V7O7F4OU6R7QSQQECLB6LDHKZIMQ/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/132380 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2023-45232](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2023-45232.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-45232)

Record last updated 4 Nov 2025, 18:17 UTC.