---
id: CVE-2024-45769
title: 'Pcp: pmcd heap corruption through metric pmstore operations'
summary: "A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP).\_ This flaw allows an attacker to send specially crafted data to the system, which could cause the program to misbehave or crash."
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-787
vendor: Red Hat
product: pcp
affected:
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp (all versions)
  - pcp
  - pcp
  - pcp
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-19T13:39:40.637961Z'
published: '2024-09-19'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T14:06:39.848Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45769'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6837'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6837'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6840'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6840'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6842'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6842'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6843'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6843'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6844'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6844'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6846'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6846'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6847'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6847'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6848'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:6848'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9452'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:9452'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45769'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310452'
    label: RHBZ#2310452
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00261
epssPercentile: 0.18035
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.861Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP).  This flaw allows an attacker to send specially crafted data to the system, which could cause the program to misbehave or crash.

## Affected

- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp (all versions)`
- `pcp`
- `pcp`
- `pcp`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

### Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.