5.5

CVE-2024-36941: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36941DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36941
Published 30-05-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-36941 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 50 · Related 38
DLA-3840-1DLA-3843-1DSA-5703-1MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266RHSA-2024:5101

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: nl80211: don't free NULL coalescing rule If the parsing fails, we can dereference a NULL pointer here.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-262.296 | < 4.15.0-232.244 | < 5.4.0-192.212 | < 5.15.0-118.128 | < 6.8.0-40.40
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1139.145 | < 4.4.0-1177.192 | < 4.15.0-1176.189 | < 5.4.0-1130.140 | < 5.15.0-1067.73 | < 6.8.0-1013.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < 327382dc0f16b268950b96e0052595efd80f7b0a | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < 97792d0611ae2e6fe3ccefb0a94a1d802317c457 | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < 5a730a161ac2290d46d49be76b2b1aee8d2eb307 | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < ad12c74e953b68ad85c78adc6408ed8435c64af4 | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < b0db4caa10f2e4e811cf88744fbf0d074b67ec1f | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < 244822c09b4f9aedfb5977f03c0deeb39da8ec7d | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < f92772a642485394db5c9a17bd0ee73fc6902383 | ≥ be29b99a9b51b0338eea3c66a58de53bbd01de24, < 801ea33ae82d6a9d954074fbcf8ea9d18f1543a7 | 3.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.12, < 4.19.314 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.276 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.217 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.159 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.91 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.31 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.10 | 6.9:rc1 | 6.9:rc2 | 6.9:rc3 | 6.9:rc4 | 6.9:rc5

3 vendors · 132 products

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