CVE-2024-38798 (GCVE-0-2024-38798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-09 15:00
Modified
2025-12-09 15:14
Severity ?
5.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Summary
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.
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TianoCore EDK2 Version: 0
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