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CVE-2024-21853VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-21853· Medium 5.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.7 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (intel)CVSS 4.05.7
CNA (intel)CVSS 3.14.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Nov 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Description

CVE-2024-21853 is a medium-severity vulnerability involving improper finite state machines (FSMs) in the hardware logic of some 4th and 5th Generation Intel Xeon Processors. This flaw may allow an authorized local user to cause a denial of service condition. No confidentiality or integrity impact is indicated. There is no public information about exploits in the wild or available patches at this time.

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