CVE-2024-10918 Stack-based Buffer Overflow in libmodbus library
A stack-based buffer overflow in libmodbus allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted Modbus responses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-10918?
CVE-2024-10918 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in libmodbus, published on 27 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libmodbus v3.1.10 allows to overflow the buffer allocated for the Modbus response if the function tries to reply to a Modbus request with an unexpected length.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10918?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libmodbus Libmodbus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10918?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-10918 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10918 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in libmodbus
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-10918, GHSA-96xh-5wq4-m4cc, JLSEC-2026-1252, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-10918.