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CVE-2024-38796 (GCVE-0-2024-38796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-27 21:45 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:30
VLAI
Title
Integer overflow in PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-03 13:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
TianoCore EDK2 Affected: 0 , ≤ edk2-stable202405 (custom)
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