Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tianocore/edk2 package, versions [,202505)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TIANOCOREEDK2-10246660
  • published27 May 2025
  • disclosed7 Apr 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Apr 2025

CVE-2024-38797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tianocore/edk2 to version 202505 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to an improper validation of an array index in HashPeImageByType(). An attacker can read sensitive information or cause the application to crash by supplying a crafted input that references data outside the intended boundary.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1