CVE-2024-24246

Exp

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf 11.9.0 allows attackers to crash the application via the std::__shared_count() function at /bits/shared_ptr_base.h.

Published: 2024-02-29 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-24246 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-24246

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-24246

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-05 0.16% 0.10% -0.06%
2 2025-04-15 0.07% 0.16% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-24246

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-24246

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-24246

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-24246: 1 source package rows (qpdf); 4 state rows across 4 repos (3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 4, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-24246
debian unimportant CVE-2024-24246 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (qpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-24246
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24246
suse medium CVE-2024-24246 severity moderate: SUSE including 6 source package names (libqpdf18, libqpdf21, libqpdf26, libqpdf28, qpdf, qpdf-devel), 83 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (29 product lines)): Known Not Affected 83. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24246/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-24246 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qpdf), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-24246

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-24246

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qpdf_project qpdf 11.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:11.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-24246

URL Tags
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/1123 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4WLK6ICPJUMOJNHZQWXAA5MPXG5JHZZL/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX3D3YCNS6CQL3774OFUROLP3EM25ILC/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3N6TULMEYVCLXO47Y5W4VWCJMSB72CB/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4WLK6ICPJUMOJNHZQWXAA5MPXG5JHZZL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FX3D3YCNS6CQL3774OFUROLP3EM25ILC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3N6TULMEYVCLXO47Y5W4VWCJMSB72CB/
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