Medium

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

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.

Announced 9 Dec 2025Group revision 1

Original source ↗

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798

edk2

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Affected versions: 0~20150106.5c2d456b-2
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0~20160104.c2a892d7-1
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3
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0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm4
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

edk2

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Affected versions: 0~20170911.5dfba97c-1
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0~20171010.234dbcef-1
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0~20171027.76fd5a66-1
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0~20171205.a9212288-1
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0~20180105.0bc94c74-1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm3
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

edk2

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions: 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu1
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0~20190828.37eef910-3
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0~20190828.37eef910-4
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-1ubuntu1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu2
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.2
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.3
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.4
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6+esm1
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

edk2

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Affected versions: 2021.08~rc0-2
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2021.08-3
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2021.11~rc1-1
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2021.11-1
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2021.11-2
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2022.02~rc1-1
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2022.02~rc1-1ubuntu1
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2022.02-1
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2022.02-2
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2022.02-3
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.3
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.5
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.6
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2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.7
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

edk2

Source reference: /affected/4/package/name

Affected versions: 2023.05-2
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2023.11-2
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2023.11-3
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2023.11-4
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2023.11-5
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2023.11-6
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2023.11-8
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2024.02-1
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2024.02-2
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.1
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.3
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.4
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.5
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.7
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.8
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.9
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2024.02-2ubuntu0.10
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

edk2

Source reference: /affected/5/package/name

Affected versions: 2025.02-3ubuntu2
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2025.02-8
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2025.02-8ubuntu1
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2025.02-8ubuntu2
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2025.02-8ubuntu3
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2025.02-8ubuntu3.1
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2025.02-8ubuntu3.2
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Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-38798
Source reference: /upstream

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /severity/0/score

Event: #85730 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 03:57:39 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:17:00 GMT

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Revision history

27 Oct 2026UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38798 · Revision 1Source updated