CVE-2024-53142 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateMay 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
initramfs: avoid filename buffer overrun
The initramfs filename field is defined in
Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/buffer-format.rst as:
37 cpio_file := ALGN(4) + cpio_header + filename + "\0" + ALGN(4) + data
...
55 ============= ================== =========================
56 Field name Field size Meaning
57 ============= ================== =========================
...
70 c_namesize 8 bytes Length of filename, in…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9