CVE-2024-40902

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 24.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2024-07-12 12:20Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:33Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-12

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d8ea2427e681301f0385b58c841d9ab9100bdd7ecb3ec8a47b811935ecbe9fb4

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0dedb5c511ed82cbaff4997a8decf2351ba549f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e84c9b1838152a87cf453270a5fa75c5037e83a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc745f6e83cb650f9a5f2c864158e3a5ea76dad0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/480e5bc21f2c42d90c2c16045d64d824dcdd5ec7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33aecc5799c93d3ee02f853cb94e201f9731f123
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4598233d9748fe4db4e13b9f473588aa25e87d69
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b537cb2f4c4a1357479716a9c339c0bda03d873f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c55b78818cfb732680c4a72ab270cc2d2ee3d0f
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html