What is CVE-2024-50076?

CVE-2024-50076 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50076?

CVE-2024-50076 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50076?

Yes, CVE-2024-50076 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-50076 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-50076

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-29

Last modified 2024-11-08

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

6.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-909

CVE-2024-50076 is classified as CWE-909

See CWE-909 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229, 5.15.171, 6.1.116, 6.6.58, 6.11.5, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.12

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.323 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.285 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.229 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.171 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.116 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.58 6.6.x ✓ 6.11.5 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-50076 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-50076

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-29

Modified 2024-11-08

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50076?

CVE-2024-50076 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. CVE-2024-50076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50076?

CVE-2024-50076 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50076?

Yes — CVE-2024-50076 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.229 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-50076 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-50076 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.