Resource management error in mbed TLS - CVE-2024-28960
Published: April 2, 2024 / Updated: July 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87972
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28960
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of shared memory in PSA Crypto API. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
mbed TLS
Fedora
mbedtls
Fedora
mbedtls
How to mitigate CVE-2024-28960
Install updates from vendor's website.
mbed TLS - addressed in versions 2.28.8, 3.6.0
mbedtls - addressed in versions 2.28.8-1.el8, 2.28.8-1.el9, 2.28.8-1.fc38, 2.28.8-1.fc39, 2.28.8-1.fc40
mbedtls - addressed in versions 2.28.8-1.el8, 2.28.8-1.el9, 2.28.8-1.fc38, 2.28.8-1.fc39, 2.28.8-1.fc40