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CVE-2024-1298: Integer Overflow caused by divide by zero during S3 suspension

6.0 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-1298

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: TianoCore

Product: edk2

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.39% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-chfw-xj8f-6m53
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/F7NUL7NSZQ76A5OKDUCODQNY7WSX4SST/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VIMEZWDKEIQKU7NMHKL57DOCITPGEXYN/

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