Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-36880

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: add missing firmware sanity checks Add the missing sanity checks when parsing the firmware files before downloading them to avoid accessing and corrupting memory beyond the vmalloced buffer.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (14.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-36880: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 83e81961ff7ef75f97756f316caea5aa6bcc19cc, 4.3, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.9

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36880?
CVE-2024-36880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-36880?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-36880 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.