CWE-587: Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer

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The product sets a pointer to a specific address other than NULL or 0.

What the weakness is: CWE-587 at MITRE. All weaknesses

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Explain CWE-587: Assignment of a Fixed Address to a Pointer and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/587.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/587?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.

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7.8CVE-2021-28216EPSS 0.4%2021-08-05
BootPerformanceTable pointer is read from an NVRAM variable in PEI. Recommend setting PcdFirmwarePerformanceDataTableS3Support to FALSE.