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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2024-8937

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability exists that could cause a potential arbitrary code execution after a successful Man-In-The Middle attack followed by sending a crafted Modbus function call to…

HIGH 8.3EPSS 0.59%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability exists that could cause a potential arbitrary code execution after a successful Man-In-The Middle attack followed by sending a crafted Modbus function call to tamper with memory area involved in the authentication process.

CVSS 4.0
8.3 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.59% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Source
cybersecurity@se.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.