Low severity · published Jan 3, 2024
CVE-2024-0217
Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback
3.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
PA
Packagekit · Packagekit Project
before 1.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0217
Mitigation
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
Patch
https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79
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