CVE-2024-52878: An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O kernel 5.2 before version 05.29.50, kernel 5.3 before version 05.38.50, kernel 5.4 before version...
Description
An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O kernel 5.2 before version 05.29.50, kernel 5.3 before version 05.38.50, kernel 5.4 before version 05.46.50, kernel 5.5 before version 05.54.50, kernel 5.6 before version 05.61.50, and kernel 5.7 before version 05.70.50. In VariableRuntimeDxe driver, VariableServicesSetVariable () can be called by gRT_>SetVariable () or the SmmSetSensitiveVariable () or SmmInternalSetVariable () from SMM. In VariableServicesSetVariable (), it uses StrSize () to get variable name size, uses StrLen () to get variable name length and uses StrCmp () to compare strings. These actions may cause a buffer over-read.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-52878
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-13 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52878https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2024016/