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. 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-35823. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

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

Awaiting data

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.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-35823 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Cert-Portal
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0190d19d7651c08abc187dac3819c61b726e7e3f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1581dafaf0d34bc9c428a794a22110d7046d186d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce408f75ccf1e25b3fddef75cca878b55f2ac90
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

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 Awaiting data

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 . 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?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-35823. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
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.