CVE-2024-41176: beckhoff mdp_package Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-41176 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in beckhoff mdp_package. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-08-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 01-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The MPD package included in TwinCAT/BSD allows an authenticated, low-privileged local attacker to induce a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition on the daemon and execute code in the context of user “root” via a crafted HTTP request.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.