CVE-2024-38796

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Publication date:

27/09/2024

Last modified:

15/04/2026

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage(). An Attacker may cause memory corruption due to an overflow via an adjacent network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity, and/or Availability.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

5.90

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-xpcr-7hjq-m6qm
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0006/