CVE-2024-38798

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductEDK2
PublishedDec 9, 2025
First seenDec 9, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • TianoCore EDK2edk2-stable202511 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
TianoCore EDK2v < edk2-stable202511edk2-stable202511

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