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CVE-2024-22563

Published: Jan 19, 2024Updated: Jun 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 56.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

openvswitch 2.17.8 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in openvswitch-2.17.8/lib/util.c.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Open vSwitchOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
openvswitch
oss-projectaka ovs
openvswitchOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/315
github.com
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/315
github.com
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/3168f328c78cf6e4b3022940452673b0e49f7620
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