What is CVE-2024-27436?

CVE-2024-27436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-27436?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2024-27436

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Stop parsing channels bits when all channels are found. If a usb audio device sets more bits than the amount of channels it could write outside of the m…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 04324ccc75f96b3ed7aad1c866d1b7925e977bdf, 3.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27436?: CVE-2024-27436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-27436?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.