Deserialization of Untrusted Data in VeriStand - CVE-2024-6794
Published: August 19, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96216
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6794
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the processing of service requests in the WaveformStreamingServer component. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
VeriStand
How to mitigate CVE-2024-6794
Install updates from vendor's website.
VeriStand - addressed in versions 2021 R3 Patch 2, 2023 Q4 Patch 1, 2024 Q3