CVE-2024-38797: medium-severity vulnerability in TianoCore EDK2
Out-of-bounds Read in HashPeImageByType()
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.6epss 0.2%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected products
TianoCore · EDK2Related CVEs — TianoCore EDK2
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