7.8

CVE-2024-42280: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42280DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42280
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42280 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · 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 39 · Related 35
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mISDN: Fix a use after free in hfcmulti_tx() Don't dereference *sp after calling dev_kfree_skb(*sp).

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 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
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

Ubuntu129 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-260.294 | < 4.15.0-230.242 | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1137.143 | < 4.4.0-1175.190 | < 4.15.0-1174.187 | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 70db2c84631f50e02e6b32b543700699dd395803 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < d3e4d4a98c5629ccdcb762a0ff6c82ba9738a0c3 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 9460ac3dd1ae033bc2b021a458fb535a0c36ddb2 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 8f4030277dfb9dbe04fd78566b19931097c9d629 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 4d8b642985ae24f4b3656438eb8489834a17bb80 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < ddc79556641ee070d36be0de4a1f0a16a71f1fc7 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 7e4a539bca7d8d20f2c5d93c18cce8ef77cd78e0 | ≥ af69fb3a8ffa37e986db00ed93099dc44babeef4, < 61ab751451f5ebd0b98e02276a44e23a10110402 | 2.6.27
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.27, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.103 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.3-1

3 vendors · 132 products

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