CVE-2024-11364 Rockwell Automation Third Party Vulnerability in Arena®

High 8.5 Published 19 Dec 2024 Updated 20 Mar 2025

An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious DOE file in Rockwell Arena due to an uninitialized variable.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-11364?

CVE-2024-11364 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Arena®, published on 19 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Another “uninitialized variable” code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® that could allow a threat actor to craft a DOE file and force the software to access a variable prior to it being initialized. If exploited, a threat actor could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. To exploit this vulnerability, a legitimate user must execute the malicious code crafted by the threat actor.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11364?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rockwellautomation Arena.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11364?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-11364 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11364 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-52mp-7hrc-jmxc.