CVE-2024-24911
Published: 06 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-24911 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Checkpoint Gaia Os. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked in the top 48.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-24911 is a vulnerability affecting the cpca process on Check Point Security Management Server and Domain Management Server. In rare scenarios, the process may exit unexpectedly, generating a core dump file. This issue is classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), indicating medium severity primarily due to low-impact availability disruption.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation causes the cpca process to crash, leading to potential denial-of-service effects: when cpca is down, VPN and SIC connectivity may fail on Security Gateways if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is absent from the gateway's CRL cache.
Check Point's advisory (SK183101) provides details on mitigation; security practitioners should consult https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk183101 for patches, workarounds, and affected versions.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-22274
Vulnerability details
In rare scenarios, the cpca process on the Security Management Server / Domain Management Server may exit unexpectedly, creating a core dump file. When the cpca process is down, VPN and SIC connectivity issues may occur if the CRL is…
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not present in the Security Gateway's CRL cache.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Out-of-bounds read triggers remote unauthenticated process crash (cpca), directly enabling Application or System Exploitation for DoS.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of software flaws like the out-of-bounds read in the cpca process that causes crashes.
Provides architectural and software safeguards to protect against denial-of-service events triggered by remotely crashing the cpca process.
Enables continuous monitoring of system processes and events to identify cpca process crashes, core dump generation, or resulting connectivity disruptions.