CVE-2024-38798

MediumCVSS 5.8

Published: 09/12/2025(UTC)Updated: 02/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 02/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

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 may lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation and impact confidentiality.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential disclosure of sensitive system data or gaining elevated privileges by a local attacker.

Recommendation

Apply vendor patches and restrict physical and local access to systems.

Other vulnerabilities in EDK2

CVE-2025-2296High
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker with local access may cause 'Improper Input Validation'. Successful exploitation could alter control flow unexpectedly, potentially allowing arbitrary command execution and impacting Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS