What is CVE-2024-57993?

CVE-2024-57993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-57993?

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

Is CVE-2024-57993 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-57993

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: hid-thrustmaster: Fix warning in thrustmaster_probe by adding endpoint check syzbot has found a type mismatch between a USB pipe and the transfer endpoint, which is triggered by the hid-thrustmaster driver[1]. There is a number of similar, already fixed issues [2]. In this case as in others, implementing check for endpoint type fixes the issue. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=040e8b3db6a96908d470 [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=348331f63b034f89b622

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th 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

Linux — versions c49c33637802a2c6957a78119eb8be3b055dd9e9, 5.13, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57993?: CVE-2024-57993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-57993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-57993 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.