What is CVE-2024-24990?

CVE-2024-24990 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-24990?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-24990 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in F5 Nginx Open Source

CVE-2024-24990

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate. Note: The HTTP/3 QUIC module is not enabled by default and is considered experimental. For more…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (54.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Nginx Open Source — versions 1.25.0
F5 Nginx Plus — versions R31, R30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

spicehq/nginx-demo

References

my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000138445 (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24990?: CVE-2024-24990 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-24990?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-24990 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.