6.3

CVE-2024-38805: tianocore edk2 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVSS: 6.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38805DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38805
Published 12-08-2025Last modified 12-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38805 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in tianocore edk2. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15255-1USN-7894-1

Timeline

  1. 12-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause an Integer Overflow or Wraparound by network means. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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) | < 2025.02-8+deb13u1 | < 2025.02-9
Tianocore1 product
  • edk2≤ edk2-stable202502
Ubuntu1 product
  • edk2All versions (No fix recorded) | < 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4 | < 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6 | < 2025.02-8ubuntu3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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