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CVE-2024-30949

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-30949 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting newlib v.4.3.0, specifically within the _gettimeofday function due to improper time unit scaling. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:newlib_project:newlib:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-30949Important

newlib: arbitrary code execution via the time unit scaling in the _gettimeofday function

Aug 20, 2024

References

gist.github.com / visitorckw/6b26e599241ea80210ea136b28441661
Patch
inbox.sourceware.org / newlib/20231129035714.469943-1-visitorckw%40gmail.com
Mailing ListPatch
sourceware.org / git
Broken Link