CVE-2024-12243
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in GnuTLS to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a remote anonymous attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- All deployments using GnuTLS are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as the vulnerability is not currently exploited but could lead to denial of service.
- Action
- Update GnuTLS to the latest version to resolve this issue.
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Exploitation outlook
- Moderate exploitation risk1.3% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 68% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] GnuTLS: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-07
- unknownUSN-8502-1: GnuTLS vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-06
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