What is CVE-2024-57493?

CVE-2024-57493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redox-os Redox, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-57493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-57493 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Redox-os Redox

CVE-2024-57493

An issue in redoxOS relibc before commit 98aa4ea5 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the setsockopt function.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Redox-os Redox — versions 0.8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Marsman1996/pocs

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57493?: CVE-2024-57493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redox-os Redox, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-57493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-57493 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.