VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-24856

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-04-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The memory allocation function ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED does not guarantee a successful allocation, but the subsequent code directly dereferences the pointer that receives it, which may lead to null pointer dereference. To fix this issue, a null pointer check should be added. If it is null, return exception code AE_NO_MEMORY.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references