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CVE-2024-8354VulnerabilityPublished Updated

QEMU. An assertion failure was present · CWE-617

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-8354· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:23 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat classifies this vulnerability as low risk and notes that exploitation is unlikely under normal circumstances. No specific mitigation actions are required beyond applying any forthcoming official patches when available. Monitor Red Hat advisories for updates and apply patches promptly once released. If a fix is not yet available, consider limiting unprivileged guest user capabilities as a precaution.

Description

A vulnerability in QEMU's usb_ep_get() function can cause an assertion failure leading to a denial of service by crashing the QEMU process. This flaw may be triggered by a malicious unprivileged guest user but is considered unlikely to be exploited under normal circumstances due to the inability of unprivileged users to craft USB Request Blocks (URBs).

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