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ubuntu-cve-2024-37676

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2024-06-20 16:15

Modified

2025-10-24 05:10

Summary

Details

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-37676	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37676	REPORT
	http://htop.com	REPORT
	https://github.com/htop-dev/htop	REPORT
	https://gist.github.com/Cirno9-dev/0109cde3bdbe7e…	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "htop",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0-2build1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "It is only \"exploitable\" with a malformed config file"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "htop",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/htop@2.2.0-2build1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.0-2",
        "2.2.0-2build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-37676",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:10:14Z",
  "published": "2024-06-20T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-37676"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37676"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://htop.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/htop-dev/htop"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/Cirno9-dev/0109cde3bdbe7eccc6770515106740b7"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-37676"
  ]
}

CVE-2024-37676 (GCVE-0-2024-37676)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-20 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:31

Summary

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

mitre

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/htop-dev/htop
https://gist.github.com/Cirno9-dev/0109cde3bdbe7e…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
htop	htop	Affected: 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:htop:htop:2.20:::::::*

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            ],
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            "product": "htop",
            "vendor": "htop",
            "versions": [
              {
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                "version": "2.20"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "metrics": [
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              "attackComplexity": "LOW",
              "attackVector": "LOCAL",
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              "baseScore": 8.4,
              "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
              "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
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              "version": "3.1"
            }
          },
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                  },
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                  }
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                "timestamp": "2024-07-25T17:51:59.009596Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
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          },
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              {
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          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
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        },
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          "url": "https://github.com/htop-dev/htop"
        },
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  },
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    "datePublished": "2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z",
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    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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}

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2024-37676 (GCVE-0-2024-37676)

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