CVE-2024-50259: linux Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-50259 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 35 · Related 33Timeline
- 09-11-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: Add trailing zero to terminate the string in nsim_nexthop_bucket_activity_write() This was found by a static analyzer. We should not forget the trailing zero after copy_from_user() if we will further do some string operations, sscanf() in this case. Adding a trailing zero will ensure that the function performs properly.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu122 products
- linux< 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 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≥ c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e, < c2150f666c6fc301d5d1643ed0f92251f1a0ff0d | ≥ c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e, < bcba86e03b3aac361ea671672cf48eed11f9011c | ≥ c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e, < 6a604877160fe5ab2e1985d5ce1ba6a61abe0693 | ≥ c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e, < 27bd7a742e171362c9eb52ad5d1d71d3321f949f | ≥ c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e, < 4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c | 5.13
- linux_kernel≥ 5.13, < 5.15.171 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.116 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.60 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.7 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.7-1
3 vendors · 125 products
