🛡️ CVE-2024-47698 — debian-linux

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-47698 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

CVE-2024-47698 is recorded against 3 packages.

• debian-linux
• kernel (from 6.11.0 up to 6.11.2)
• linux-kernel (from 6.11 up to 6.11.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 October 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

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

• CVE-2026-12996 (8.1 High, published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-14355 (5.6 Medium, published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-56968 (3.7 Low, published 23 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-49975 (7.5 High, published 8 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-9256 (8.1 High, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-46333 (7.1 High, published 15 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-31431 (7.8 High, published 22 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-41082 (7.3 High, published 16 Apr 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write) in other software:

• CVE-2019-5063 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12605 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29208 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23561 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-9423 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-5268 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12606 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12603 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-47698 on other distributions

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

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