CVE-2024-38796

Published: Sep 27, 2024Modified: Nov 3, 2025

5.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 4.7

Source: infosec@edk2.groups.io (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

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 (3)

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

Source: infosec@edk2.groups.io

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0006/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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