5.5

CVE-2024-50008: wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50008DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50008
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50008 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% 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
0.25%
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 52 · Related 49
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext() Replace one-element array with a flexible-array member in `struct host_cmd_ds_802_11_scan_ext`. With this, fix the following warning: elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 243) of single field "ext_scan->tlv_buffer" at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 (size 1) elo 16 17:51:58 surfacebook kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 498 at drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c:2239 mwifiex_cmd_802_11_scan_ext+0x83/0x90 [mwifiex]

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

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
  • linux< 4.4.0-280.314 | < 4.15.0-249.261 | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1154.160 | < 4.4.0-1192.207 | < 4.15.0-1191.204 | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < b55c8848fdc81514ec047b2a0ec782ffe9ab5323 | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < f9310a6704bf52e2493480edea896e1f9b795d40 | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < 1756918f51e9ab247a0f4782cc28853c2bb457c1 | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < e59bdb1ba594104cd0ee0af3ee9e4435d842a8fe | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < 17199b69a84798efffc475040fbef44374ef1de1 | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < fef7b51f22cf2049b0ca6740adeb0ba6f2e671dc | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < 71267bd4e8c752d7af6c6b96bb83984a6a95273d | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < a3a12c30f9510f3753286fadbc6cdb7dad78c1d5 | ≥ 21f58d200388480547df909b5464b5aafebf299d, < 498365e52bebcbc36a93279fe7e9d6aec8479cee | 3.15
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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