CVE-2024-43688

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 42.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2024-08-20 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-26 13:23Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-08-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3259c0a1f2398094a7f49d5ca486ab0eaeabd86ddade7c9815b5880488879c04

• www.supernetworks.orghttps://www.supernetworks.org/advisories/CVE-2024-43688-openbsd-cron-heap-underflow.txt
• github.comhttps://github.com/vixie/cron/commit/9cc8ab1087bb9ab861dd5595c41200683c9f6712
• www.supernetworks.orghttps://www.supernetworks.org/CVE-2024-43688/openbsd-cron-heap-underflow.txt