What is CVE-2024-42237?

CVE-2024-42237 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-42237 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42237?

CVE-2024-42237 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42237?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42237. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-42237 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42237 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42237

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: cs_dsp: Validate payload length before processing block Move the payload length check in cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_coeff_load() to be done before the block is processed. The check that the length of a block payload does not exceed the number of remaining bytes in the firwmware file buffer was being done near the end of the loop iteration. However, some code before that check used the length field without validating it.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-07

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-834

CVE-2024-42237 is classified as CWE-834

See CWE-834 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42237 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/2025/01/msg00001.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259955eca9b7acf1299b1ac077d8cfbe12df35d8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a9cd924aec1288d675df721f244da4dd7e16cff
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6598afa9320b6ab13041616950ca5f8f938c0cf1
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42237

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-07

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42237?

CVE-2024-42237 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-42237 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42237?

CVE-2024-42237 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42237?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42237. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-42237 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-42237 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.