Is CVE-2024-38796 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-38796 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-38796?

CVE-2024-38796 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-38796?

CVE-2024-38796 has an EPSS score of 0.37% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38796?

Upgrade edk2 on debian 11 to 2020.11-2+deb11u3 or later. Fixes are available for 22 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-38796

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in the PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage(). An Attacker may cause memory corruption due to an overflow via an adjacent network. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity, and/or Availability.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

edk2Debian

Fixed in:2020.11-2+deb11u3CVE-2024-38796

Fixed in:2022.11-6+deb12u2CVE-2024-38796

Fixed in:2024.08-3CVE-2024-38796

edk2Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.7RHSA-2024:10272

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.6RHSA-2024:9946

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2Rocky

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.7RHSA-2024:10272

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.6RHSA-2024:9946

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

edk2-aarch64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2-aarch64Rocky

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

edk2-ovmfRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.6RHSA-2024:9946

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.7RHSA-2024:10272

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

edk2-ovmfRocky

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4RHSA-2024:11185

Fixed in:0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.6RHSA-2024:9946

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7RHSA-2024:11194

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7RHSA-2024:10268

Fixed in:0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.7RHSA-2024:10272

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6RHSA-2024:9930

edk2-toolsRocky

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

edk2-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

edk2-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

edk2-tools-docRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

edk2-tools-docRocky

Fixed in:0:20240524-6.el9_5.3RHSA-2024:11219

Fixed in:0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5RHSA-2024:9956

Fixed in:0:20231122-6.el9_4.6RHSA-2024:9921

edk2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

ovmfUbuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

ovmf-ia32Ubuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

qemu-efiUbuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

qemu-efi-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

qemu-efi-armUbuntu

Fixed in:2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4USN-7894-1

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

qemu-efi-riscv64Ubuntu

Fixed in:2024.02-2ubuntu0.6USN-7894-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-26256	High	7.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25687	Medium	5.9	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-3459	High	8.8	86%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21017	High	8.8	86%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-25683	Medium	5.9	86%	-	Fix

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