What is CVE-2024-27242?

CVE-2024-27242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-27242?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

XSS in Zoom

CVE-2024-27242

Cross site scripting in Zoom Desktop Client for Linux before version 5.17.10 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a denial of service via network access.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zoom
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Desktop Client For Linux — versions before version 5.17.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-24013/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27242?: CVE-2024-27242 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zoom, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-27242?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.