Upstream information

CVE-2024-37676 at MITRE

Description

An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the Header_populateFromSettings function.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) SUSE
Base Score 8.4 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1226729 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 16.0
  • htop >= 3.5.3-bp160.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-494
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • htop >= 3.5.3-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11531

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 20 20:00:14 2024
CVE page last modified: Tue Aug 18 21:25:40 2026