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Vulnerability · Published Jan 3, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2024-0217Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity use-after-free in PackageKit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpackagekitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpackagekitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217
Ubuntu:25.10packagekitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSpackagekitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217
Ubuntu:26.10packagekitno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
PackageKit 1.2.0 – before 1.2.7
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References