CVE-2024-0217
lowA use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd.
Vendor / product: Packagekit Project — packagekit
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.
CVSS
3.3
3.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-01-03 17:15
Modified: 2026-11-06 14:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 5 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-06 14:35 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
packagekit_project / packagekit <1.2.7
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0, 9.0
fedoraproject / fedora 39
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217
Patch / mitigation: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79
Patch / mitigation: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217
Patch / mitigation: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0217 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-06 14:35 UTC · record ↗