CVE-2024-36953

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 14.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-05-30 15:35Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 20:17Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-30

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-158Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL CharacterVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f9aa0274b7c87f6785386e0c57f550136d506f6d27940776034a871e5900ed98

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4404465a1bee3607ad90a4c5f9e16dfd75b85728
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17db92da8be5dd3bf63c01f4109fe47db64fc66f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b0378ac6776c7c31b18e0f3c1389bd6005e80
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6a1c8e3de36cb0f5e866f1a582b00939e23104
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01981276d64e542c177b243f7c979fee855d5487
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ddb4f372fc63210034b903d96ebbeb3c7195adb
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html