CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-37676

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in htop version 2.20 allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (DoS) or potentially access sensitive memory data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update htop to the latest available version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

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