CVE-2024-38798

Dec. 9, 2025, 6:37 p.m.

5.8
Medium

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 possible information disclosure or escalation of privilege and impact Confidentiality.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
edk2
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References

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

Tags

CWE-200
infosec@edk2.groups.io
2025-12-09
CVE-2024-38798

CVSS Score

5.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Dec. 9, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 6:37 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

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