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.
CVE-2024-38796
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 70% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EG Risk
- 27(Track)EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 31%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 27, 2024
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (3)
- infosec@edk2https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-xpcr-7hjq-m6qm
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0006/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-38796(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-efi-riscv64 (2025.02-3ubuntu2.2) @ plucky | 2026-05-21 | ubuntu |
| redhat | edk2-0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.4 | 2024-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.7 | 2024-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20240524-6.el9_5.3 | 2024-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.7 | 2024-11-26 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20200602gitca407c7246bf-4.el8_4.7 | 2024-11-26 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20190829git37eef91017ad-9.el8_2.6 | 2024-11-19 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20220126gitbb1bba3d77-3.el9_0.6 | 2024-11-19 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20221207gitfff6d81270b5-9.el9_2.5 | 2024-11-19 | redhat |
| redhat | edk2-0:20231122-6.el9_4.6 | 2024-11-19 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| edk2 | 2020.11-2, 2020.11-2+deb11u1, 2020.11-2+deb11u2 | 2020.11-2+deb11u3 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| edk2 | 2022.11-6, 2022.11-6+deb12u1 | 2022.11-6+deb12u2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| edk2 | — | 2024.08-3 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| edk2 | — | 2024.08-3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2024:10268MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:10268 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:10272MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:10272 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:11185MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:11185 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:11194MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:11194 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:11219MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:11219 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:9921MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:9921 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:9930MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:9930 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:9946MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:9946 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:9956MODERATE2024-09-27
RHSA-2024:9956 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-7894-1MEDIUM
EDK II vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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