🛡️ CVE-2024-28049 — killer

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-28049 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2024-28049 is recorded against 2 packages.

• killer (fixed in 23.40.0)
• proset\/wireless-wifi (fixed in 23.40.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 November 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.intel.com

Other advisories for this package

killer has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-25563 (3.4 Low, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2024-23198 (6.6 Medium, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2023-32642 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-28720 (6.1 Medium, published 14 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-28374 (6.1 Medium, published 14 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-34983 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-26586 (4.3 Medium, published 14 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-33875 (7.1 High, published 14 Feb 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-28049 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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