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CVE-2024-24946: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Programming Software Connection CurrDir functionality of AutomationDirect P3-550E...

8.2 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

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

Affected Products

Vendor: AutomationDirect

Product: P3-550E

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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)

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1937
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1937

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