A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Programming Software Connection CurrDir functionality of AutomationDirect P3-550E 1.2.10.9. A specially crafted network packet can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an unauthenticated packet to trigger these vulnerability.This CVE tracks the heap corruption that occurs at offset `0xb686c` of version 1.2.10.9 of the P3-550E firmware, which occurs when a call to `memset` relies on an attacker-controlled length value and corrupts any trailing heap allocations.
CVE ID: CVE-2024-24946
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Vendor: AutomationDirect
Product: P3-550E
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 20.28% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)