CVE-2024-3979 COVESA vsomeip race condition

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A local race condition in the COVESA vsomeip library allows attackers with local access to potentially disrupt operations or cause undefined behavior.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-3979?

CVE-2024-3979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in COVESA vsomeip, published on 19 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in COVESA vsomeip up to 3.4.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to race condition. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-261596.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3979?

How do I fix CVE-2024-3979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-3979 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3979 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w5vg-49mg-6cxx.

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