CVE-2024-44998

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

0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 53.5% 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

2024-09-04 19:54Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:37Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-08-21

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

d199cfaec299e699bbd731ee8a53723f30d873f6d1dc8472f0cf016514c0204f

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/628ea82190a678a56d2ec38cda3addf3b3a6248d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09e086a5f72ea27c758b3f3b419a69000c32adc1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cece837e387c039225f19028df255df87a97c0d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24cf390a5426aac9255205e9533cdd7b4235d518
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379a6a326514a3e2f71b674091dfb0e0e7522b55
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef23c18ab88e33ce000d06a5c6aad0620f219bfd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b4850e7165a4b7180ef1e227733bcb41ccdf10
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a18e8f770c9b0703dab93580d0b02e199a4c79
• 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