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CVE-2024-39792: f5 nginx plus Expired Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 8.7v4.0HighAnalyzed
Published 14-08-2024Last modified 15-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-39792 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Expired Pointer Dereference vulnerability in f5 nginx plus. EPSS estimates a 0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.7/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When the NGINX Plus is configured to use the MQTT pre-read module, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.63% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.63%

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

F51 product
  • nginx plus≥ R30 (No fix recorded) | r30 | r30:p1 | r30:p2 | r31 | r31:p1 | r32

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links