CVE-2024-38798

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

09/12/2025

Last modified:

09/12/2025

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to <br /> <br /> possible information disclosure or escalation of privilege<br /> <br /> and impact Confidentiality.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): Low
Integrity (SI): Low
Availability (SA): Low

Base Score 4.0

5.80

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-q2c6-37h5-7cwf