CVE-2024-53580

Publication date 18 December 2024

Last updated 22 January 2026

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

iperf v3.17.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the iperf_exchange_parameters() function.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
iperf	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
iperf3	25.10 questing	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 3.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 3.9-1+deb11u1ubuntu0.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 3.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored

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Notes

shishirsub10

Bionic and lower releases are ignored due to the absence of some functions needed which are only present in cJSON 1.5.2 (#573)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
iperf3	Upstream: 3f66f60

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7970-1
iperf3 vulnerabilities
21 January 2026