Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50694

Memory Safety in Sungrowpower Winet-S Firmware ≤ 200.001.00.p027

Published
24 January 2025
Modified
29 May 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0056 44th percentile
Risk Priority 73 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50694 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Sungrowpower Winet-S Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-50694 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-121) affecting SunGrow WiNet-SV200 software in versions 001.00.P027 and earlier. The issue arises when the software copies a timestamp extracted from an MQTT message into a fixed-size buffer without performing bounds checks, potentially allowing arbitrary data to overflow the stack.

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). By sending a specially crafted MQTT message containing an oversized timestamp, an attacker could overwrite stack memory, potentially leading to remote code execution, denial of service, or unauthorized access to confidential data and system integrity.

SunGrow has published a security notice detailing the vulnerability at https://en.sungrowpower.com/security-notice-detail-2/5961, which serves as the primary reference for affected users seeking mitigation guidance or patches.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In SunGrow WiNet-SV200.001.00.P027 and earlier versions, when copying the timestamp read from an MQTT message, the underlying code does not check the bounds of the buffer that is used to store the message. This may lead to a stack-based buffer…

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overflow.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-50695Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-50697Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-50698Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-50696Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-50692Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-50690Same product: Sungrowpower Winet-S
CVE-2024-21054Shared CWE-121
CVE-2026-43831Shared CWE-121
CVE-2025-45375Shared CWE-121
CVE-2020-36997Shared CWE-121

Affected Assets

sungrowpower
winet-s firmware
≤ 200.001.00.p027

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and analysis can discover stack-buffer overflows before deployment.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from exceeding stack buffer bounds.

Memory-protection mechanisms limit the ability to execute injected code after a stack overflow.

Secure-engineering principles include bounds-checked coding and safe buffer handling that avoid introducing the flaw.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices directly prevent introduction of stack buffer overflows.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning can discover stack buffer overflows but does not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching eliminates known instances of the weakness after discovery.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing (fuzzing, static analysis) detects stack overflows before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates buffer-safety practices that directly prevent stack overflows.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size and input-validation rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety and least-privilege stack usage.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer handling that causes CWE-121.

none

Change-management gates can enforce security reviews that catch buffer issues.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248594 OL 8 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. prevents CWE-121
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
  • V-271452 OL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-121

References