CVE-2024-40568

CRITICAL

Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)

2024-09-18 cve@mitre.org

Buffer Overflow RCE

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre

Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 18, 2024 - 21:15 cve.org

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in btstack mesh commit before v.864e2f2b6b7878c8fab3cf5ee84ae566e3380c58 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the pb_adv_handle_tranaction_cont. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Buffer Overflow vulnerability in btstack mesh commit before v.864e2f2b6b7878c8fab3cf5ee84ae566e3380c58 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the pb_adv_handle_tranaction_cont function in the src/mesh/pb_adv.c component

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.