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Medium · 5.8 CVE-2024-38798 EUVD-2024-55310GHSA-r48c-47wj-rhc5

Uncleared password keystrokes in circular queue can lead to information disclosure or escalation of privilege

Published Dec 9, 2025 · Updated Dec 9, 2025 · Assigned by TianoCore

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TianoCore EDK2 < edk2-stable202511 edk2-stable202511

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 edk2 2025.11-1 —
Debian 13 edk2 No fix yet —
Debian 12 edk2 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS edk2 No fix yet —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 edk2-ovmf +3 20240813-305.amzn2 ALAS2-2025-3116

Advisories 2

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