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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2024-37676 json

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

published 2024-06-20 2 y ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36802

cvss
8.4
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 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

Patch / fix

  • htop openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.5.3-bp160.1.1
  • htop openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.5.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21585-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11531-1

  • htop Alpine 3.22 3.4.1-r1
  • htop Alpine 3.23 3.4.1-r2
  • htop Alpine 3.24 3.5.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-37676

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • htop htop

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

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.