5.5

CVE-2024-46809: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46809DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46809
Published 27-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46809 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 13.8% 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 31 · Related 29
DLA-4075-1DLA-4076-1SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used BIOS images may fail to load and null checks are added before they are used. This fixes 6 NULL_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.

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 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
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

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 4fcd903a5d9e897420d7d8b3ca55c6e5dbb47379 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < c5cb98554c4c6265b494d040c1c62f1db2fa28a6 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < eef7301e674438913134539e77dd887960949f20 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < e50bec62acaeec03afc6fa5dfb2426e52d049cf5 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < e46b70a7cfed71cb84e985c785c39c16df5c28cb | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 8b0ddf19cca2a352b2a7e01d99d3ba949a99c84c | 4.15
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.50 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.10.9-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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