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TI-2024-01208 Aliases CVE-2024-1298GHSA-xvcj-qw55-xx42

Integer Overflow caused by divide by zero during S3 suspension

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-369Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-369.

Summary

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00219 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed edk2 (TianoCore): edk2-stable202405Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TianoCoreedk2before edk2-stable202405edk2-stable202405Patch availableCNA
  • edk2 VendorTianoCore Affected before edk2-stable202405 Fixed in edk2-stable202405 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——TianoCore
  • cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·TianoCore

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA edk2 (TianoCore) Fixed in edk2-stable202405

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:9088 Released 2024-11-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    edk2 security update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) edk2-aarch64-20240524-6.el9_5, edk2-ovmf-20240524-6.el9_5, edk2-tools-20240524-6.el9_5 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) edk2-20240524-6.el9_5, edk2-aarch64-20240524-6.el9_5, edk2-ovmf-20240524-6.el9_5
  • RHSA-2024:5623 Released 2024-08-20 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    edk2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5, edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5, edk2-aarch64-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5, edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5, edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8_6.5
  • RHSA-2024:5297 Released 2024-08-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    edk2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.2, edk2-aarch64-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.2, edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.2
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  • RHSA-2024:4747 Released 2024-07-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    edk2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4, edk2-aarch64-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4, edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-4.el8_8.4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:9088
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:5297
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:9088
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:5623
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:5623
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4747
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:5623
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1298
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvcj-qw55-xx42

References

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-24240 Buffer Overflow in EDK II Network Package CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-24238 Infinite loop in EDK II Network Package CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-24235 Buffer Overflow in EDK II Network Package CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-26565 An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in Ubuntu's EDK2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
  • TI-2023-24236 Out-of-Bounds Read in EDK II Network Package CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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