What is CVE-2024-38796?

CVE-2024-38796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tianocore Edk2, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-38796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38796 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Tianocore Edk2

CVE-2024-38796

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (29.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Tianocore Edk2 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38796?: CVE-2024-38796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tianocore Edk2, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-38796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38796 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.