Buffer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
CVE-2024-12084
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attacke…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.718 (99.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHBA-2025:6470 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHBZ#2330527 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12084?
- CVE-2024-12084 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-01-15.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12084?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12084 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.