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CVE-2024-22563

Published: Jan 19, 2024Updated: Jun 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 57.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

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

openvswitchopenvswitch
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
OpenSUSE LeapNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openvswitchoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka ovs
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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
github.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 19, 2024
Last Updated
Jun 2, 2025

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