5.5

CVE-2024-50290: linux Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50290DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50290
Published 19-11-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-50290 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
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 74 · Related 73

Timeline

  1. 19-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx24116: prevent overflows on SNR calculus as reported by Coverity, if reading SNR registers fail, a negative number will be returned, causing an underflow when reading SNR registers. Prevent that.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

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

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 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≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < 127b9076baeadd734b18ddc8f2cd93b47d5a3ea3 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < cad97ca8cfd43a78a19b59949f33e3563d369247 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < 828047c70f4716fde4b1316f7b610e97a4e83824 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < f2b4f277c41db8d548f38f1dd091bbdf6a5acb07 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < fbefe31e4598cdb0889eee2e74c995b2212efb08 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < 83c152b55d88cbf6fc4685941fcb31333986774d | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < 3a1ed994d9454132354b860321414955da289929 | ≥ 8953db793d5bdeea5ac92c9e97f57d3ff8a7dccf, < 576a307a7650bd544fbb24df801b9b7863b85e2f | 2.6.28
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.28, < 4.19.324 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.286 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.230 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.172 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.117 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.61 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.8 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5 | 6.12:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.9-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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