Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6259

HighPublic PoC

Published: 13 September 2024

Published
13 September 2024
Modified
17 September 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 37.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6259 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

BT: HCI: adv_ext_report Improper discarding in adv_ext_report

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zephyrproject
zephyr
≤ 3.6.0

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-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References