Is CVE-2024-42242 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-42242 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-42242?

CVE-2024-42242 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42242?

Upgrade linux on debian 13 to 6.9.10-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-42242

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: sdhci: Fix max_seg_size for 64KiB PAGE_SIZE blk_queue_max_segment_size() ensured: if (max_size < PAGE_SIZE) max_size = PAGE_SIZE; whereas: blk_validate_limits() makes it an error: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_segment_size < PAGE_SIZE)) return -EINVAL; The change from one to the other, exposed sdhci which was setting maximum segment size too low in some circumstances. Fix the maximum segment size when it is too low.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.9.10-1CVE-2024-42242

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-08-08.