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CVE-2024-26994speakup: Avoid crash on very long word
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.29%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 78% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 756c5cb7c09e537b87b5d3acafcb101b2ccf394f
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 8f6b62125befe1675446923e4171eac2c012959c
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 6401038acfa24cba9c28cce410b7505efadd0222
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 0d130158db29f5e0b3893154908cf618896450a8
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 89af25bd4b4bf6a71295f07e07a8ae7dc03c6595
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 8defb1d22ba0395b81feb963b96e252b097ba76f
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < 0efb15c14c493263cb3a5f65f5ddfd4603d19a76
- affected c6e3fd22cd538365bfeb82997d5b89562e077d42 – < c8d2f34ea96ea3bce6ba2535f867f0d4ee3b22e1
- affected 2.6.37
- unaffected < 2.6.37
- unaffected 4.19.313 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.275 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.216 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.157 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.88 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.29 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.8.8 – ≤ 6.8.*
- unaffected 6.9 – ≤ *
References
References13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/756c5cb7c09e537b87b5d3acafcb101b2ccf394f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6b62125befe1675446923e4171eac2c012959c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6401038acfa24cba9c28cce410b7505efadd0222 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d130158db29f5e0b3893154908cf618896450a8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89af25bd4b4bf6a71295f07e07a8ae7dc03c6595 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8defb1d22ba0395b81feb963b96e252b097ba76f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efb15c14c493263cb3a5f65f5ddfd4603d19a76 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d2f34ea96ea3bce6ba2535f867f0d4ee3b22e1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-24256 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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