{"id":"CVE-2024-1305","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-1305","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T21:48:26.722Z","title":"tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier does not properly check the size data of incomming write operations which an attacker can use to overflow memory buffers, resulting in a bug check and potentially arbitrary code execution in kernel space","description":"tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier does not properly \ncheck the size data of incomming write operations which an attacker can \nuse to overflow memory buffers, resulting in a bug check and potentially\n arbitrary code execution in kernel space","published":"2024-07-08T18:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:03:56.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@openvpn.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["openvpn/tap-windows6"],"epss":{"score":0.15379,"percentile":0.96788,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-1305","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@openvpn.net"},{"url":"https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes"],"source":"security@openvpn.net"},{"url":"https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-1305","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1305","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}