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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-43768

high Nessus Plugin ID 358440

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.

 - In skia_alloc_func of SkDeflate.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow.
 This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. (CVE-2024-43768)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43768

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 358440

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_43768.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43768

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpewebkit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43768