VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-40973

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-07-12
Last modified2026-08-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid NULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references