5.8

CVE-2024-38798: tianocore edk2

CVSS: 5.8v4.0MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38798
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 09-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38798 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in tianocore edk2. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • edk2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2025.11-1
Tianocore1 product
  • edk2< edk2-stable202511
Ubuntu1 product
  • edk2All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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