CVE-2024-38797

Publication date 7 April 2025

Last updated 8 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the HashPeImageByType(). A user may cause a read out of bounds when a corrupted data pointer and length are sent via an adjecent network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Integrity and/or Availability.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
edk2	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
edk2	Upstream: 5f08635 Upstream: b906939 Upstream: 025ab81 Upstream: d79d8d6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.6 · Medium
Attack vector	Adjacent
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L