What is CVE-2024-54159?

CVE-2024-54159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-54159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-54159

stalld through 1.19.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file overwrite) via a /tmp/rtthrottle symlink attack.

Published 2024-11-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 6.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54159?: CVE-2024-54159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2024-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-54159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.