What is CVE-2024-53580?

CVE-2024-53580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Es Iperf3, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-53580?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Es Iperf3

CVE-2024-53580

iperf v3.17.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the iperf_exchange_parameters() function.

Published 2024-12-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

gist.github.com/neolead/663badf2ebefefa6fe4303695e7aa7a3 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/esnet/iperf/releases/tag/3.18 (Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53580?: CVE-2024-53580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Es Iperf3, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-53580?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.