{"cve":"CVE-2024-0340","nvd":{"published":"2024-01-09T18:15:47.503","modified":"2026-10-29T08:16:58.827","status":"Modified","description":"A vulnerability was found in vhost_new_msg in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This issue can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3627","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7526","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0340"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-29T08:33:51.812639219+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-0340","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14376,"date":"2026-10-28"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}