Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-45288

High

Published: 05 September 2024

Published
05 September 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 21.9th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-45288 is a high-severity Improper Null Termination (CWE-170) vulnerability in Freebsd (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 21.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A missing null-termination character in the last element of an nvlist array string can lead to writing outside the allocated buffer.

CWE(s)
CWE-170CWE-787

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Freebsd
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References