Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-50302
Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnera - [Actively Exploited]
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 19, 2024, 2:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 5, 2025, 2 a.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

The Linux kernel contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability that allows an attacker to leak kernel memory via a specially crafted HID report.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024111908-CVE-2024-50302-f677@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-03-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50302

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-50302 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-50302.

URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 Patch

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-50302 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cyber Express
CISA Expands Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with Four Critical Issues

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog with four new vulnerabilities, adding to the growing list of cyber ri ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (4 days ago)
CVE-2025-22226 CVE-2025-22225 CVE-2025-22224 CVE-2024-50302
  • TheCyberThrone
CISA KEV Catalog update Part II – March 2025

On March 4, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four additional vulnerabilities. These vulnerabiliti ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 05, 2025 (4 days, 11 hours ago)
CVE-2025-22226 CVE-2025-22225 CVE-2025-22224 CVE-2025-20111 CVE-2024-51741 CVE-2024-46981 CVE-2024-50302
  • Dark Reading
Serbian Police Hack Protester's Phone With Cellebrite Exploit Chain

Source: Dejan Krsmanovic via Alamy Stock PhotoSerbian law enforcement officials are using a Cellebrite mobile "information extraction" product in tandem with an exploit chain to target dissidents, inc ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (4 days, 16 hours ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302
  • BleepingComputer
Google fixes Android zero-day exploited by Serbian authorities

Google has released patches for 43 vulnerabilities in Android's March 2025 security update, including two zero-days exploited in targeted attacks. Serbian authorities have used one of the zero-days, a ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 1 hour ago)
CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093 CVE-2024-43047
  • Cyber Security News
CISA Warns of Windows Win32k Vulnerability Exploited to Run Arbitrary code

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an advisory regarding CVE-2018-8639, a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Win32k component, which threat ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 3 hours ago)
CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093 CVE-2018-8639
  • Cyber Security News
Google Warns of Two Critical Android Vulnerabilities Under Attack – Update Now!

Google has issued an urgent security alert for CVE-2024-43093 and CVE-2024-50302, two critical Android vulnerabilities actively exploited in coordinated attacks targeting devices running Android 12 th ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 4 hours ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093
  • Cyber Security News
BigAnt Server 0-day Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code Via File Uploads

A critical zero-day vulnerability in BigAntSoft’s BigAnt Server (CVE-2025-0364) allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through a chain of SaaS registration abus ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 4 hours ago)
CVE-2025-0364 CVE-2024-54761 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093
  • Cyber Security News
IBM Storage Virtualize Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

IBM has issued urgent security advisories for two high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-0159, CVE-2025-0160) affecting its Storage Virtualize product suite, including SAN Volume Controller, Storwize ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 5 hours ago)
CVE-2025-0160 CVE-2025-0159 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093
  • The Hacker News
Google's March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability / Mobile Security Google has released its monthly Android Security Bulletin for March 2025 to address a total of 44 vulnerabilities, including two that it said have come under active exp ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 04, 2025 (5 days, 9 hours ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-43093
  • The Register
US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia

Infosec In Brief US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered US Cyber Command to pause offensive operations against Russia, as the USA’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 03, 2025 (6 days, 9 hours ago)
CVE-2024-57026 CVE-2025-20059 CVE-2024-12284 CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302
  • Cybersecurity News
Cellebrite Spyware Bypasses Android Lock Screens with Zero-Day Flaws

Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite offers intelligence gathering and forensic review services to its clients. Additionally, the company provides certain undisclosed zero-day vulnerabiliti ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 02, 2025 (1 week ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-53675 CVE-2024-50302
  • security.nl
Amnesty: Cellebrite gebruikte Android usb-lek voor ontgrendelen telefoons

Ontwikkelaar van forensische software Cellebrite heeft drie kwetsbaarheden in de usb-kerneldrivers van Android gebruikt voor het ontgrendelen van vergrendelde telefoons, zo meldt mensenrechtenorganisa ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 01, 2025 (1 week ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302
  • Cyber Security News
Android Phone’s Unlocked Using Cellebrite’s Linux USB Zero-day Exploit

Amnesty International’s Security Lab has uncovered a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign in Serbia, where authorities used a zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the Android pho ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 01, 2025 (1 week, 1 day ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302
  • The Hacker News
Amnesty Finds Cellebrite’s Zero-Day Used to Unlock Serbian Activist’s Android Phone

Mobile Security / Zero-Day A 23-year-old Serbian youth activist had their Android phone targeted by a zero-day exploit developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device, according to a new report from Amne ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 28, 2025 (1 week, 1 day ago)
CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2018-0171
  • BleepingComputer
Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones

Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware. Cellebrite ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 28, 2025 (1 week, 1 day ago)
CVE-2025-24200 CVE-2024-53197 CVE-2024-53104 CVE-2024-50302 CVE-2024-29748 CVE-2024-29745

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-50302 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Mar. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2025-03-04
    Added Due Date 2025-03-25
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-908
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-908
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.12 up to (excluding) 4.19.324 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.286 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.230 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.172 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.117 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.61 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.11.8 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 Patch
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Nov. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 [No types assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-50302 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-50302 weaknesses.

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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