Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6596

CriticalRCE

Published: 10 September 2024

Published
10 September 2024
Modified
01 October 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0075 73.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6596 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Endress Echo Curve Viewer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An unauthenticated remote attacker can run malicious c# code included in curve files and execute commands in the users context.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

endress
echo curve viewer
≤ 6.0.0
endress
fieldcare sfe500 package
≤ 1.40.1
endress
field xpert smt79 firmware
all versions
endress
field xpert smt77 firmware
all versions
endress
field xpert smt70 firmware
all versions
endress
field xpert smt50 firmware
all versions

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-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

References