CVE-2024-24968 Denial of service in Intel(R) Processors
A privileged local attacker can cause a denial of service on Intel processors due to improper finite state machines in hardware logic.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-24968?
CVE-2024-24968 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Processors, published on 16 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper finite state machines (FSMs) in hardware logic in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-1245
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24968?
How do I fix CVE-2024-24968?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-24968 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2024-24968, BELL-CVE-2024-24968, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24968, GHSA-r3xc-mh5x-gjfq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24968.