Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-42237
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: cs_dsp: Validate payload length before processing block Move the payload length check in cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_coeff_load() to be done before the block is processed. The check that the length of a block payload does not exceed the number of remaining bytes in the firwmware file buffer was being done near the end of the loop iteration. However, some code before that check used the length field without validating it.
EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th 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 f6bc909e7673c30abcbdb329e7d0aa2e83c103d7, 5.16, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-42237?
- CVE-2024-42237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-42237?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-42237 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.