CVE-2024-0217

Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback

LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 3, 2024 at 05:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:53 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxPackagekit

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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.2.7
Affected range stops below 1.2.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.3LOWredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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