Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tianocore/edk2 package, versions [,202511)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TIANOCOREEDK2-14246617
  • published9 Dec 2025
  • disclosed9 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2025

CVE-2024-38798  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tianocore/edk2 to version 202511 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the circular queue process. An attacker can access sensitive information or escalate privileges by obtaining uncleared password keystrokes stored in memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1