What is CVE-2024-40973?

CVE-2024-40973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40973?

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

Is CVE-2024-40973 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2024-40973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE…

EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th 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 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, 4.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40973?: CVE-2024-40973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40973?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-40973 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.