{"id":"CVE-2024-50302","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-50302","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T08:10:20.598Z","title":"Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer\n\nSince the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's\nzero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used\nto leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.","published":"2024-11-19T02:16:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T01:19:12.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-908"],"affected":["google/android","debian/debian linux","siemens/simatic s7-1500 tm mfp firmware","siemens/sinec os","linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00811,"percentile":0.56898,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-03-04","dueDate":"2025-03-25","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nThis 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"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 25 March 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-50302","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50302","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}