5.5

CVE-2024-43884: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43884DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43884
Published 26-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-43884 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% 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
0.26%
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 35 · Related 31
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1RHSA-2025:6966SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Add error handling to pair_device() hci_conn_params_add() never checks for a NULL value and could lead to a NULL pointer dereference causing a crash. Fixed by adding error handling in the function.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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
  • linux< 4.4.0-262.296 | < 4.15.0-232.244 | < 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< 4.4.0-1139.145 | < 4.4.0-1177.192 | < 4.15.0-1176.189 | < 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≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 11b4b0e63f2621b33b2e107407a7d67a65994ca1 | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 90e1ff1c15e5a8f3023ca8266e3a85869ed03ee9 | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 9df9783bd85610d3d6e126a1aca221531f6f6dcb | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 951d6cb5eaac5130d076c728f2a6db420621afdb | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 5da2884292329bc9be32a7778e0e119f06abe503 | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 064dd929c76532359d2905d90a7c12348043cfd4 | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < ee0799103b1ae4bcfd80dc11a15df085f6ee1b61 | ≥ 5157b8a503fa834e8569c7fed06981e3d3d53db0, < 538fd3921afac97158d4177139a0ad39f056dbb2 | 4.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.3, ≤ 6.10.6 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.7-1

3 vendors · 132 products

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