What is CVE-2024-39478?

CVE-2024-39478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-39478?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-39478 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Linux

CVE-2024-39478

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer RSA text data uses variable length buffer allocated in software stack. Calling kfree on it causes undefined behaviour in subsequent operations.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Linux — versions 445a4aaf5842073e4130b1d6dbe3785284d9615f, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39478?: CVE-2024-39478 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-39478?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39478 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.