Use After Free in Packagekit Project
CVE-2024-0217
A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (12.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217 (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-0217?
- CVE-2024-0217 is a low-severity vulnerability in Packagekit Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2024-0217?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.