Integer overflow in edk2 - CVE-2024-38805

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Integer overflow in edk2 - CVE-2024-38805

Published: September 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116004
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38805
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the iSCSI initiator. A remote user can send specially crafted data to the system, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

edk2
openEuler
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
edk2 (Ubuntu package)
python3-edk2-devel
edk2-ovmf
edk2
edk2-debuginfo
edk2-debugsource
edk2-devel
edk2-aarch64
edk2-help
edk2-loongarch64
edk2-tools-doc
edk2-riscv64
edk2-tools

How to mitigate CVE-2024-38805

Install updates from vendor's website.

edk2 - update to edk2-stable202508
edk2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4, 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.5, 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6, 2024.02-2ubuntu0.7, 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
python3-edk2-devel - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-ovmf - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2 - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-debugsource - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-devel - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-aarch64 - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-help - addressed in versions 202002-32, 202011-28, 202011-29, 202308-25, 202308-26, 202308-28
edk2-loongarch64 - update to 202402-20
edk2-aarch64 - update to 202402-20
edk2-ovmf - update to 202402-20
edk2-tools-doc - update to 202402-20
edk2-riscv64 - update to 202402-20
edk2-tools - update to 202402-20

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