UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38798
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798
Upstream
Published
2025-12-09T16:17:00Z
Modified
2026-08-27T16:52:05Z
Severity
  • 5.8 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0~20190606.*
0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu1
0~20190828.*
0~20190828.37eef910-3
0~20190828.37eef910-4
0~20191122.*
0~20191122.bd85bf54-1
0~20191122.bd85bf54-1ubuntu1
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu1
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu2
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.2
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.3
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.4
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi",
            "binary_version": "0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-arm",
            "binary_version": "0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2021.*
2021.08~rc0-2
2021.08-3
2021.11~rc1-1
2021.11-1
2021.11-2
2022.*
2022.02~rc1-1
2022.02~rc1-1ubuntu1
2022.02-1
2022.02-2
2022.02-3
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.3
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.5
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-ia32",
            "binary_version": "2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi",
            "binary_version": "2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-arm",
            "binary_version": "2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2023.*
2023.05-2
2023.11-2
2023.11-3
2023.11-4
2023.11-5
2023.11-6
2023.11-8
2024.*
2024.02-1
2024.02-2
2024.02-2ubuntu0.1
2024.02-2ubuntu0.3
2024.02-2ubuntu0.4
2024.02-2ubuntu0.5
2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
2024.02-2ubuntu0.7
2024.02-2ubuntu0.8
2024.02-2ubuntu0.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-aa64",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-arm",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-ia32",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-riscv64",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-x64",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-ia32",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-legacy",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-arm",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-riscv64",
            "binary_version": "2024.02-2ubuntu0.9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2025.*
2025.02-3ubuntu2
2025.02-8
2025.02-8ubuntu1
2025.02-8ubuntu2
2025.02-8ubuntu3
2025.02-8ubuntu3.1
2025.02-8ubuntu3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-aa64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-arm",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-ia32",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-loongarch64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-riscv64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "efi-shell-x64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-ia32",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-inteltdx",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf-legacy",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-arm",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-loongarch64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-riscv64",
            "binary_version": "2025.02-8ubuntu3.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0~20150106.*
0~20150106.5c2d456b-2
0~20160104.*
0~20160104.c2a892d7-1
0~20160408.*
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi",
            "binary_version": "0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
edk2

Package

Name
edk2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0~20170911.*
0~20170911.5dfba97c-1
0~20171010.*
0~20171010.234dbcef-1
0~20171027.*
0~20171027.76fd5a66-1
0~20171205.*
0~20171205.a9212288-1
0~20180105.*
0~20180105.0bc94c74-1
0~20180205.*
0~20180205.c0d9813c-1
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.1
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ovmf",
            "binary_version": "0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi",
            "binary_version": "0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-efi-arm",
            "binary_version": "0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798.json"