CVE-2024-26994
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
22.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2024-05-01 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-05-01 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d130158db29f5e0b3893154908cf618896450a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efb15c14c493263cb3a5f65f5ddfd4603d19a76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6401038acfa24cba9c28cce410b7505efadd0222
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/756c5cb7c09e537b87b5d3acafcb101b2ccf394f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89af25bd4b4bf6a71295f07e07a8ae7dc03c6595
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8defb1d22ba0395b81feb963b96e252b097ba76f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6b62125befe1675446923e4171eac2c012959c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d2f34ea96ea3bce6ba2535f867f0d4ee3b22e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d130158db29f5e0b3893154908cf618896450a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efb15c14c493263cb3a5f65f5ddfd4603d19a76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6401038acfa24cba9c28cce410b7505efadd0222
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/756c5cb7c09e537b87b5d3acafcb101b2ccf394f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89af25bd4b4bf6a71295f07e07a8ae7dc03c6595
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8defb1d22ba0395b81feb963b96e252b097ba76f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6b62125befe1675446923e4171eac2c012959c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d2f34ea96ea3bce6ba2535f867f0d4ee3b22e1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/