SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-38796

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
EDK2	[]

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-xpcr-7hjq-m6qm

CVSS Score

5.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity: HIGH
Privileges Required: LOW
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: LOW

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

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 27, 2024, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 30, 2024, 12:45 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

infosec@edk2.groups.io

CVE-2024-38796