5.5

CVE-2024-43829: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43829DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43829
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43829 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
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 28 · Related 24
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/qxl: Add check for drm_cvt_mode Add check for the return value of drm_cvt_mode() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 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 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
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

Ubuntu125 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < 62ef8d7816c8e4a6088275553818b9afc0ffaa03 | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < 4e87f592a46bb804d8f833da6ce702ae4b55053f | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < 3efe34f95b1ac8c138a46b14ce75956db0d6ee7c | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < f28b353c0c6c7831a70ccca881bf2db5e6785cdd | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < 4b1f303bdeceac049e56e4b20eb5280bd9e02f4f | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < d4c57354a06cb4a77998ff8aa40af89eee30e07b | ≥ 1b043677d4be206c96b51811855502e50057f343, < 7bd09a2db0f617377027a2bb0b9179e6959edff3 | 5.1
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.1, < 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 · 128 products

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