# CVE-2024-31416: Integer overflow in Foreseer

> Attackers can cause excessive memory consumption or integer overflow in Eaton Foreseer by exploiting unchecked input field lengths.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9mqh-56r5-64mq

## What is CVE-2024-31416?

CVE-2024-31416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Foreseer, published on 13 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Eaton Foreseer software provides multiple customizable input fields for the users to configure parameters in the tool like alarms, reports, etc. Some of these input fields were not checking the length and bounds of the entered value. The exploit of this security flaw by a bad actor may result in excessive memory consumption or integer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input), CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31416?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Eaton Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31416?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-31416 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Eaton Foreseer

- [CVE-2022-33859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33859/): Unrestricted file upload in Eaton Foreseer EPMS (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-31414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31414/): Cross-site scripting in Foreseer (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-31415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31415/): Hardcoded credentials in Foreseer (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-31416 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton Foreseer, published on 13 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Eaton Foreseer. 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-2024-31416/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31416/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31416
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31416
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31416

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31416/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.