{"cve":"CVE-2024-49962","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:17.353","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:50.113","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: check null return of ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() in acpi_db_convert_to_package()\n\nACPICA commit 4d4547cf13cca820ff7e0f859ba83e1a610b9fd0\n\nACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() may fail, elements might be NULL and will cause\nNULL pointer dereference later.\n\n[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]","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/1c9b8775062f8d854a80caf186af57fc617d454c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b4c6b7500c7cca6972d2456a4a422801035b5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4588ea78d3904bebb613b0bb025669e75800f546","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4669da66ebc5b09881487f30669b0fcdb462188e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5242874488eba2b9062985bf13743c029821330"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49962","score":0.0025,"percentile":0.16384,"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."]}