National Instruments IO Trace

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • CVSS v4 8.4
  • ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
  • Vendor: National Instruments
  • Equipment: IO Trace
  • Vulnerability: Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following National Instruments I/O TRACE bundled products are affected:

  • I/O TRACE: All versions

3.2 Vulnerability Overview

3.2.1 STACK-BASED BUFFER OVERFLOW CWE-121

The affected product is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. User interaction is required to exploit the vulnerability in that the user must open a malicious nitrace file.

CVE-2024-5602 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-5602. A base score of 8.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.3 BACKGROUND