CVE catalog
CVE-2024-43688
cron: CVE-2024-43688
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.52% · Oct 25, 2026
cron/entry.c in vixie cron before 9cc8ab1, as used in OpenBSD 7.4 and 7.5, allows a heap-based buffer underflow and memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was introduced during a May 2023 refactoring.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | sid | 3.0pl1-212 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | forky | 3.0pl1-212 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | trixie | 3.0pl1-197 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | bookworm | 3.0pl1-162 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cron]Not affected
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
3.0pl1-162· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
- [cron-daemon-common]Not affected
Source package: [cron]
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
Observed: