CVE-2024-49938

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 2026-06-17.

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

2024-10-21 18:01Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-12 11:59Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-10-21

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

14e277276e911104d2d324592c2144b47378993c447449b435b8a243ee7b851c

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b9bf32e0695e4f374674002de0527d2a6768eb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f2fbc6a769081503f6ffedbb5cd1ac497f0e77
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02eb7c86ff2ef1411c3095ec8a52b13f68db04f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/012ae530afa0785102360de452745d33c99a321b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a875220670475d9247e576c15dc29823100a4e4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e37e348835032d6940ec89308cc8996ded691d2d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c230210ec0ae6ed08306ac70dc21c24b817bb95
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f4e28e8adaf0715bd4e01462af0a52ee46b01f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94745807f3ebd379f23865e6dab196f220664179
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html