7.5

CVE-2024-22563: openvswitch

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0462-1SUSE-SU-2024:0524-1SUSE-SU-2024:0526-1
Published 19-01-2024Last modified 02-06-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22563 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in openvswitch. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

openvswitch 2.17.8 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in openvswitch-2.17.8/lib/util.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse17 products
  • openvswitch&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1
  • openvswitch&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 2.13.2-150200.9.31.1
  • openvswitch&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.14.2-150300.19.17.1
  • openvswitch&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
  • openvswitch&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
Debian1 product
  • openvswitch< 2.17.2-4
Opensuse1 product
  • openvswitch&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.14.2-150400.24.20.1
Openvswitch1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • openvswitch< 2.13.8-0ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 21 products

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