What is CVE-2024-0217?

CVE-2024-0217 is a low-severity vulnerability in Packagekit_project Packagekit, 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.

Use After Free in Packagekit_project Packagekit

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…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (13.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Packagekit_project Packagekit
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 39
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0217?: CVE-2024-0217 is a low-severity vulnerability in Packagekit_project Packagekit, 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.