CVE-2024-42280

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

0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 15.7% 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 2026-08-04.

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

2024-08-17 09:08Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:36Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-07-30

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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

04c27bd27cba38931f3b6a67042c19428240336e944997ae01854d22c07c8840

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70db2c84631f50e02e6b32b543700699dd395803
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3e4d4a98c5629ccdcb762a0ff6c82ba9738a0c3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9460ac3dd1ae033bc2b021a458fb535a0c36ddb2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f4030277dfb9dbe04fd78566b19931097c9d629
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8b642985ae24f4b3656438eb8489834a17bb80
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc79556641ee070d36be0de4a1f0a16a71f1fc7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e4a539bca7d8d20f2c5d93c18cce8ef77cd78e0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61ab751451f5ebd0b98e02276a44e23a10110402
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html