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[USN-7894-1] EDK II vulnerabilities

Posted on 26 November 2025
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7894-1
November 26, 2025

edk2 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in EDK II.

Software Description:
- edk2: UEFI firmware for virtual machines

Details:

It was discovered that EDK II was susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial
Sequence Number. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain
unauthorized access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu
24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled S3 sleep. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-1298)

It was discovered that the EDK II PE/COFF loader incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu
24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38796)

It was discovered that the EDK II PE image hashing function incorrectly
handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-38797)

It was discovered that the EDK II BIOS incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2025-2295)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled the enabling of MCE. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3770)

It was discovered that the OpenSSL library embedded in EDK II contained
multiple vulnerabilties. An attacker could possibly use these issues to
cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304,
CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465,
CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-5678,
CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511,
CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143,
CVE-2025-9232)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
ovmf 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
ovmf-ia32 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
qemu-efi-aarch64 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
qemu-efi-arm 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
qemu-efi-loongarch64 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
qemu-efi-riscv64 2025.02-3ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
ovmf 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
ovmf-ia32 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
qemu-efi-aarch64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
qemu-efi-arm 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
qemu-efi-riscv64 2024.02-2ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ovmf 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
ovmf-ia32 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
qemu-efi 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
qemu-efi-aarch64 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4
qemu-efi-arm 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4

After a standard system update you need to restart the virtual machines
that use the affected firmware to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7894-1
CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450,
CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465,
CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817,
CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6237,
CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-1298, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511,
CVE-2024-38796, CVE-2024-38797, CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2024-4741,
CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2025-2295,
CVE-2025-3770, CVE-2025-9232

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/2025.02-3ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/2024.02-2ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.4

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