What is CVE-2024-42416?

CVE-2024-42416 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-790. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-42416?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42416 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2024-42416

The ctl_report_supported_opcodes function did not sufficiently validate a field provided by userspace, allowing an arbitrary write to a limited amount of kernel help memory. Malicious software running in a guest VM that exposes virtio_scs…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 13.3, 13.4, 14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

secteam@freebsd.org (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42416?: CVE-2024-42416 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-790. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-42416?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42416 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.