CVE-2024-26994
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 2.6.37-6.8.7 - DoS via Speakup Long Word Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: speakup: Avoid crash on very long word In case a console is set up really large and contains a really long word (> 256 characters), we have to stop before the length of the word buffer.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (31)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
38
fedoraproject/fedora
39
fedoraproject/fedora
40
linux/Kernel
2.6.37 - 4.19.313linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.275linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.157linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.88linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.216linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.29linux
... and 21 more
Published
May 01, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026