CVE-2024-22563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

openvswitch 2.17.8 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in openvswitch-2.17.8/lib/util.c.

Published: 2024-01-19

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5640-1	openvswitch security update
EUVD	EUVD-2024-20099	openvswitch 2.17.8 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in openvswitch-2.17.8/lib/util.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00083.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/315

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Openvswitch Openvswitch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:02:43.505Z

Reserved: 2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-22563

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:51:10.702Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-19T15:15:09.513

Modified: 2025-06-02T15:15:31.033

Link: CVE-2024-22563

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-401

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