High severity · published Jul 24, 2024
CVE-2024-6197
libcurl's ASN1 parser has this utf8asn1str() function used for parsing an ASN.1 UTF-8 string
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libcurl's ASN1 parser has this utf8asn1str() function used for parsing an ASN.1 UTF-8 string. Itcan detect an invalid field and return error. Unfortunately, when doing so it also invokes `free()` on a 4 byte localstack buffer. Most modern malloc implementations detect this error and immediately abort. Some however accept the input pointer and add that memory to its list of available chunks. This leads to the overwriting of nearby stack memory. The content of the overwrite is decided by the `free()` implementation; likely to be memory pointers and a set of flags. The most likely outcome of exploting this flaw is a crash, although it cannot be ruled out that more serious results can be had in special circumstances.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libcurl · Haxx
8.6.0 before 8.9.0 · source: NVD
In the news
VulnerabilityHigh
Siemens SINEC OS
View CSAF
Summary
SINEC OS before V3.3 contains third-party components with multiple vulnerabilities. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
The following versions of Siemens SINEC OS are affected:
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) vers:intdot/<3.3 (CVE-2022-48174, CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2023-39810, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365, CVE-2023-42366, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-6874, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9681, CVE-2024-11053, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-47619, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2025-0167, CVE-2025-0665, CVE-2025-0725, CVE-2025-1390, CVE-2025-3360, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4373, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4516, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-6141, CVE-2025-9086, CVE-2025-9230, CVE-2025-9231, CVE-2025-9232, CVE-2025-10148, CVE-2025-27587, CVE-2025-32433, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38345, CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-39839, CVE-2025-39841, CVE-2025-39846, CVE-2025-39853, CVE-2025-39860, CVE-2025-39864, CVE-2025-39865, CVE-2025-59375)
SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) vers:intdot/<3.3 (CVE-2022-48174, CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2023-39810, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365, CVE-2023-42366, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-6874, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9681, CVE-2024-11053, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-47619, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2025-0167, CVE-2025-0665...
Feb 12, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6197
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6197
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/24/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/24/5
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-6197.html
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-6197.json
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/2559516
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0008/
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