Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-53059

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix response handling in iwl_mvm_send_recovery_cmd() 1. The size of the response packet is not validated. 2. The response buffer is not freed. Resolve these issues by switching to iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status(), which handles both size validation and frees the buffer.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-53059: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions f130bb75d8817c560b48c4d1a0e5279968a0859d, 5.1, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.12

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53059?
CVE-2024-53059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-53059?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-53059 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.