CVE-2024-26994

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/05/2024

Last modified:

04/08/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: speakup: Avoid crash on very long word In case a console is set up really large and contains a really long word (> 256 characters), we have to stop before the length of the word buffer.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.37 (including)	4.19.313 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.275 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.216 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.157 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.88 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.29 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.8.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-26994

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools