CVE-2024-50131: linux Classic Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-50131 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 52 · Related 50Timeline
- 05-11-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Consider the NULL character when validating the event length strlen() returns a string length excluding the null byte. If the string length equals to the maximum buffer length, the buffer will have no space for the NULL terminating character. This commit checks this condition and returns failure for it.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.25% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu130 products
- linux< 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < 5e3231b352725ff4a3a0095e6035af674f2d8725 | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < 02874ca52df2ca2423ba6122039315ed61c25972 | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < b86b0d6eea204116e4185acc35041ca4ff11a642 | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < f4ed40d1c669bba1a54407d8182acdc405683f29 | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < a14a075a14af8d622c576145455702591bdde09d | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < 5fd942598ddeed9a212d1ff41f9f5b47bcc990a7 | ≥ dec65d79fd269d05427c8167090bfc9c3d0b56c4, < 0b6e2e22cb23105fcb171ab92f0f7516c69c8471 | 5.1
- linux_kernel≥ 5.1, < 5.15.170 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.115 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.59 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.6 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.6-1
3 vendors · 133 products
