7.5

CVE-2024-11738: rustls_project rustls Uncaught Exception

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-11738openSUSE-SU-2024:14539-1GHSA-qg5g-gv98-5ffh
Published 06-12-2024Last modified 20-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-11738 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncaught Exception vulnerability in rustls_project rustls. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Duplicates 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2026:1361-1CVE-2024-58254

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in Rustls 0.23.13 and related APIs. This vulnerability allows denial of service (panic) via a fragmented TLS ClientHello message.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.73% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Rustls

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Crates.Io1 product
  • rustls≥ 0.23.13, < 0.23.18
Opensuse1 product
  • himmelblau&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.7.7+git.0.b48d0bb-1.1
Rustls_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • rust-rustlsAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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