Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CVE-2024-4418
A race condition leading to a stack use-after-free flaw was found in libvirt. Due to a bad assumption in the virNetClientIOEventLoop() method, the `data` pointer to a stack-allocated virNetClientIOEventData structure ended up being used in…
EPSS: 0.006 (70.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 8100020240606142719.489197e6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — versions 0:10.0.0-6.6.el9_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support — versions 0:9.0.0-10.7.el9_2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHSA-2024:4351 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHSA-2024:4432 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHSA-2024:4757 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4418 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
- RHBZ#2278616 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-4418?
- CVE-2024-4418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under CWE-562. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-05-08.
- How severe is CVE-2024-4418?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-4418 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.