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CVE-2024-38796VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Amazon · TianoCore EDK2: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Affects Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik AmazonSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-38796· Medium 5.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 01:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubtianocore/edk2pkg:github/tianocore/edk2Other threatsAffected
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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official security updates for edk2 packages that address this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x versions should apply the updates as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2024:9930 and RHSA-2024:9921. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these patches mitigates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

CVE-2024-38796 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage function of the TianoCore EDK2 UEFI firmware implementation. This flaw can lead to a denial of service condition. Red Hat has released security updates addressing this issue in their edk2 packages for various Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x versions. The vulnerability affects the UEFI firmware used in virtual machines, specifically in QEMU and KVM environments.

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