Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-31852

medium Nessus Plugin ID 244962

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- LLVM before 18.1.3 generates code in which the LR register can be overwritten without data being saved to the stack, and thus there can sometimes be an exploitable error in the flow of control. This affects the ARM backend and can be demonstrated with Clang. NOTE: the vendor perspective is we don't have strong objections for a CVE to be created ... It does seem that the likelihood of this miscompile enabling an exploit remains very low, because the miscompile resulting in this JOP gadget is such that the function is most likely to crash on most valid inputs to the function. So, if this function is covered by any testing, the miscompile is most likely to be discovered before the binary is shipped to production.
(CVE-2024-31852)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 244962

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_31852.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31852

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:llvm-toolchain-17, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:llvm-toolchain-14, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-4.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:llvm-toolchain-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-11, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-3.6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:llvm-toolchain-15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-3.5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:llvm-toolchain-10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31852

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