CVE-2024-42115

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

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 17.6% 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 2026-08-04.

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

2024-07-30 07:46Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:35Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-29

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-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3a64c82aa020d0e10b87ce65d62e068528bb88cf72ab1bda48d9847c41b941fa

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c8b3e31eb88c85094d848a0bd8b4bafe67e4d8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b3246052e01e61a55bb3a15b76acb006759fe67
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6d94287f6365282bbf41e9a5b5281985970789
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ca26334fc8a3711fed14db7f9eb1c621be4df65
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/751987a5d8ead0cc405fad96e83ebbaa51c82dbc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0bbbf31462a400bef4df33e22de91864f475455
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05fc1ef892f862c1197b11b288bc00f602d2df0c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9a8730ddb6a4b2edd779ccc0aceb994d616830
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html