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CVE-2024-1298: Integer Overflow caused by divide by zero during S3 suspension

Deferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:4088-1SUSE-SU-2024:4357-1SUSE-SU-2025:02516-1
Published 30-05-2024Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-1298 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Divide By Zero vulnerability in tianocore edk2. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse7 products
  • ovmf&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 202008-150300.10.23.1
  • ovmf&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 202008-150300.10.23.1
  • ovmf&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 202208-150500.6.3.1
  • ovmf&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5< 202208-150500.6.3.1
  • ovmf&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 202308-150600.5.19.1
Opensuse3 products
  • ovmf&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 202208-150500.6.3.1
  • ovmf&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 202308-150600.5.19.1
  • ovmf&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5< 202208-150500.6.3.1
Redhat3 products
  • edk2< 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4 | < 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
  • edk2-aarch64< 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4 | < 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
  • edk2-ovmf< 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4 | < 0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
Debian1 product
  • edk2< 2022.11-6+deb12u2 | < 2024.05-1
Tianocore1 product
  • edk2< edk2-stable202405
Ubuntu1 product
  • edk2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 | < 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6

6 vendors · 16 products

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