Medium severity · published May 30, 2024
CVE-2024-1298
Integer Overflow caused by divide by zero during S3 suspension
6.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
edk2 · TianoCore
before edk2-stable202405 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1298
github.com
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-chfw-xj8f-6m53
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7NUL7NSZQ76A5OKDUCODQNY7WSX4SST/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VIMEZWDKEIQKU7NMHKL57DOCITPGEXYN/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00007.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0002/
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