What is CVE-2024-35823?

CVE-2024-35823 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.7 onward and patched in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. CVE-2024-35823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35823?

CVE-2024-35823 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-35823?

Yes, CVE-2024-35823 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35823 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-35823

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: fix unicode buffer corruption when deleting characters This is the same issue that was fixed for the VGA text buffer in commit 39cdb68c64d8 ("vt: fix memory overlapping when deleting chars in the buffer"). The cure is also the same i.e. replace memcpy() with memmove() due to the overlaping buffers.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.3

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2024-35823 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215, 5.15.154, 6.1.84, 6.6.24, 6.7.12, 6.8 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.7

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.312 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.274 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.215 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.154 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.84 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.24 6.6.x ✓ 6.7.12 6.7.x ✓ 6.8

References

11 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0190d19d7651c08abc187dac3819c61b726e7e3f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1581dafaf0d34bc9c428a794a22110d7046d186d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce408f75ccf1e25b3fddef75cca878b55f2ac90

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2933b1e4757a0a5c689cf48d80b1a2a85f237ff1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7529cbd8b5f6697b369803fe1533612c039cabda

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35823

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.3 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35823?

CVE-2024-35823 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.7 onward and has been patched in 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. CVE-2024-35823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35823?

CVE-2024-35823 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-35823?

Yes. CVE-2024-35823 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.312, 5.4.274, 5.10.215 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35823 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35823 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.