CVE-2024-30949

critical

Description

An issue in newlib v.4.3.0 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the time unit scaling in the _gettimeofday function.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5f15d7c5817b07a6b18cbab17342c95cb7b42be4

https://inbox.sourceware.org/newlib/20231129035714.469943-1-visitorckw%40gmail.com/

https://gist.github.com/visitorckw/6b26e599241ea80210ea136b28441661

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-08-20

Updated: 2024-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical