5.5

CVE-2024-49899: drm/amd/display: Initialize denominators' default to 1

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49899DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49899
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49899 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% 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
0.26%
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 24 · Related 25
DLA-4076-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    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: Initialize denominators' default to 1 [WHAT & HOW] Variables used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values, should not be 0. Change their default to 1 so they are never 0. This fixes 10 DIVIDE_BY_ZERO issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% 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.

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 9be768f08b16f020da376538b08463ac3a2ce8cd | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 9f35cec5e4b9759b38c663d18eae4eaf30f36527 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 7f8e93b862aba08d540f1e9e03e0ceb4d0cfd5fb | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < b995c0a6de6c74656a0c39cd57a0626351b13e3c | 4.15
  • linux_kernel< 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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