5.5

CVE-2024-46768: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46768DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46768
Published 18-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46768 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 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
MGASA-2024-0316MGASA-2024-0318USN-7154-1USN-7154-2USN-7155-1USN-7156-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Check if WMI event data exists The BIOS can choose to return no event data in response to a WMI event, so the ACPI object passed to the WMI notify handler can be NULL. Check for such a situation and ignore the event in such a case.

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

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu93 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 23902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122, < 217539e994e53206bbf3fb330261cc78c480d311 | ≥ 23902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122, < 4b19c83ba108aa66226da5b79810e4d19e005f12 | ≥ 23902f98f8d4811ab84dde6419569a5b374f8122, < a54da9df75cd1b4b5028f6c60f9a211532680585 | 6.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.5, < 6.6.51 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.10 | 6.11:rc1 | 6.11:rc2 | 6.11:rc3 | 6.11:rc4 | 6.11:rc5 | 6.11:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.10.11-1

3 vendors · 96 products

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