CVE-2024-42285

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

0.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 56.2% 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

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8f12b86c566eeadb3677c222903cbd706a272aaaeb8e3de3a658e56efec84fcc

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91d253c87fd1efece521ff2612078a35af673c6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f25f296fc9bd0435be14e89bf657cd615a23574
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ee7ff99b87435ec63211f632918dc7f44dac79
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/557d035fe88d78dd51664f4dc0e1896c04c97cf6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8074b8901caabb97c2d353abd6b4e7fa5a59a5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff5bbbdee08287d75d72e65b72a2b76d9637892a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee39384ee787e86e9db4efb843818ef0ea9cb8ae
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee2424246f9f1dadc33faa78990c1e2eb7826e4
• 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