Vulnerability details

CVE-2024-13503

Newtec/iDirect NTC2218

Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Newtec's update signaling causes RCE

CVSS 4.0
9.5Critical

Official description

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in Newtec NTC2218, NTC2250, NTC2299 on Linux, PowerPC, ARM (Updating signaling process in the swdownload binary modules) allows Local Execution of Code, Remote Code Inclusion. This issue affects NTC2218, NTC2250, NTC2299: from 1.0.1.1 through 2.2.6.19. The issue is both present on the PowerPC versions of the modem and the ARM versions. A stack buffer buffer overflow in the swdownload binary allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. The parse_INFO function uses an unrestricted `sscanf` to read a string of an incoming network packet into a statically sized buffer.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.5Critical 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (NCSC.ch) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Newtec/iDirect NTC2218, NTC2250, NTC2299 1.0.1.1 ≤ v ≤ 2.2.6.19 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

2
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Details

Published
2025-01-17
Last updated
2025-01-17
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
NCSC.ch

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.54%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
45.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-120
    Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')