CVE-2024-49987

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 14.5% 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

Analyzed. 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 18:02Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 20:43Z3 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c783b6144818b8184d0eef549239b43bba30c1c4ec3d9a1aa93846947f1d7ff6

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d9f9a7837ab29ccae0c42252f17d436bf0a501
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0f6f33f2aa87493b365a38a8fd87b8854b7734
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c208b02827eb642758cef65641995fd3f38c89af
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04e2ad394e2755d0bb2d858ecb5598718bf00d5