CVE-2024-50046

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

0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 45.4% 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 2026-08-04.

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

2024-10-21 19:39Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:41Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-10-21

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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

274b541c93fda5d00749a3eb3097f36128477558d959a1749725fb49bc93a228

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f892165c564e3aab272948dbb556cc20e290c55a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584c019baedddec3fd634053e8fb2d8836108d38
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632344b9efa064ca737bfcdaaaced59fd5f18ae9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fca41e5fa4914d12b2136c25f9dad69520b52683
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef9189bb15dcbe7ed3f3515aaa6fc8bf7483960d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a848c29e3486189aaabd5663bc11aea50c5bd144
• 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