Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50956

Medium

Published: 13 November 2024

Published
13 November 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50956 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 32.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A buffer overflow in the RecvSocketData function of Inovance HCPLC_AM401-CPU1608TPTN 21.38.0.0, HCPLC_AM402-CPU1608TPTN 41.38.0.0, and HCPLC_AM403-CPU1608TN 81.38.0.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted Modbus message.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References