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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-24968 json

Improper finite state machines (FSMs) in hardware logic in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an privileged user to potentially enable a de…

published 2024-09-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-22331

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • intel-microcode Debian 12 3.20240910.1~deb12u1
  • intel-microcode Debian 14, Debian 13 3.20240910.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24968

  • intel-microcode Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • intel-microcode Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24968

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  • ucode-intel Linux Micro 6.1 20250211-slfo.1.1_2.1
  • ucode-intel Linux Micro 6.0 20241112-1.1
  • ucode-intel Linux Micro 6.0 20240910-1.1
  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +20 more 20241112-150200.50.1
  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +20 more 20240910-150200.47.1
  • ucode-intel SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 20240910-143.1
  • microcode_ctl SLES 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 1.17-102.83.81.1
  • ucode-intel SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 20241112-146.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20286-1SUSE-SU-2025:1032-1SUSE-SU-2025:20092-1SUSE-SU-2025:20058-1SUSE-SU-2024:4053-1SUSE-SU-2024:3995-1

  • ucode-intel openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240910-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14337-1

  • intel-ucode Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 20240910-r0
  • intel-ucode Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 20241112-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-24968

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-24968 updated cvss 5.3

microcode_ctl: Denial of Service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 microcode_ctl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 microcode_ctl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 microcode_ctl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 microcode_ctl
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos 416.94.202411261619-0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10528
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 microcode_ctl Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.gcf533b5.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.g67d3387.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-sdn-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.gc4dd04f.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.g16202ec.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.gc740dbd.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.16.0-202411251535.p0.gcf533b5.assembly.stream.el9, +185 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 5.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) Processors

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1245 Improper Finite State Machines (FSMs) in Hardware Logic

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.