Bug 2420643 (CVE-2024-38798) - CVE-2024-38798 EDK2: EDK2: Information Disclosure and Privilege Escalation via Local BIOS Access
Summary: CVE-2024-38798 EDK2: EDK2: Information Disclosure and Privilege Escalation vi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-38798
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2423090 2423091
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-12-09 16:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-17 08:12 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 16:03:24 UTC 
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.
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