{"cve":"CVE-2024-40973","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:18.890","modified":"2026-08-23T13:16:24.720","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP\n\nThe return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked to avoid\nNULL pointer deference. This is similar to CVE-2022-3113.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ef02106c990bf4235365a08b9d8d2fee37272a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a693c7e243b932faee5c1fb728efa73f0abc39b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53dbe08504442dc7ba4865c09b3bbf5fe849681b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40973","score":0.00293,"percentile":0.21872,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}