# CVE-2024-1913: Memory corruption in RobotWare 6

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service on ABB industrial robots via specially crafted messages.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2qxx-wjxw-fg87

## What is CVE-2024-1913?

CVE-2024-1913 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ABB RobotWare 6, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could cause the robot to stop, make the robot controller inaccessible, or execute arbitrary code. 

The vulnerability could potentially be exploited to perform unauthorized actions by an attacker. This vulnerability arises under specific condition when specially crafted message is processed by the system.

Below are reported vulnerabilities in the Robot Ware versions.

  *  IRC5- RobotWare 6 < 6.15.06 except 6.10.10, and 6.13.07 
  *  OmniCore- RobotWare 7 < 7.14

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1913?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Abb Robotware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1913?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1913 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1913 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ABB RobotWare 6

- [CVE-2020-10288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10288/): RVD#3327: No authentication required for accesing ABB IRC5 FTP server (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1914/): Null dereference in RobotWare 6 (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1913 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1913 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ABB RobotWare 6, published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB RobotWare 6. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1913/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1913/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1913
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1913
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1913

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1913/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.