CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-26994

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the speakup module has a crash risk on very long words. If a console is very large and contains a word longer than 256 characters, it must stop before exceeding the word buffer length.

Risk Assessment

System crash can occur with very long words, potentially leading to system unavailability or data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that prevents crashes on long words.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS