Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-51317
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in the netsurf package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue in NetSurf v.3.11 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the dom_node_normalize function
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | netsurf | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Debian:13 | netsurf | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Debian:14 | netsurf | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | netsurf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | netsurf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | netsurf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | netsurf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | netsurf | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-51317 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N