Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-0217

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 35.68% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79

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