CVE-2024-43852 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's hwmon subsystem, specifically the ltc2991 driver. It stems from an off-by-one error where an array index could exceed its bounds, leading to potential out-of-bounds reads. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local vulnerability (AV:L) could allow an attacker with low privileges (PR:L) to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.7, < 6.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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