What is CVE-2024-36761?

CVE-2024-36761 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gfx-Rs Naga, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-36761?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gfx-Rs Naga

CVE-2024-36761

naga v0.14.0 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the component /wgsl/parse/mod.rs.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-06-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/gfx-rs/naga/issues/2591 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/MageWeiG/VulnerabilityCollection/blob/main/CVE-2024-36761/info.md (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36761?: CVE-2024-36761 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gfx-Rs Naga, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-36761?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.