What is CVE-2024-45751?

CVE-2024-45751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2024-45751?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-45751 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-45751

tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-338 — Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45751?: CVE-2024-45751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-45751?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45751 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.