CVE-2024-40960

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

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 19.1% 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

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 12:32Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-12 11:55Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-12

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

af7df8140a1fdca449ae4ed5ba0155b81bf2d4b7663cbf456990bd138777a6e2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html