What is CVE-2024-50282?

CVE-2024-50282 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-50282?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-50282 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2024-50282

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: add missing size check in amdgpu_debugfs_gprwave_read() Avoid a possible buffer overflow if size is larger than 4K. (cherry picked from commit f5d873f5825b40d886d03bd2aede91d4cf002434)

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, 4.2, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50282?: CVE-2024-50282 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-50282?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50282 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.