Denial of service in EDK2

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU91170

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1298

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error when S3 sleep is activated in MdeModulePkg/Universal/Acpi/FirmwarePerformanceDataTablePei/FirmwarePerformancePei.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

edk2: edk2-stable201808 - UDK2018

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:tianocore:edk2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:tianocore:edk2:edk2-stable201808:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:tianocore:edk2:edk2-stable201811:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-chfw-xj8f-6m53

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.