CVE-2024-51979 Memory corruption in ADS-2400N
Authenticated attackers can trigger a stack buffer overflow via malformed HTTP/IPP requests, potentially leading to code execution or denial of service on affected printers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-51979?
CVE-2024-51979 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd ADS-2400N, published on 25 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated attacker may trigger a stack based buffer overflow by performing a malformed request to either the HTTP service (TCP port 80), the HTTPS service (TCP port 443), or the IPP service (TCP port 631). The malformed request will contain an empty Origin header value and a malformed Referer header value. The Referer header value will trigger a stack based buffer overflow when the host value in the Referer header is processed and is greater than 64 bytes in length.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51979?
How do I fix CVE-2024-51979?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51979 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-2024-51979 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-51979 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44c7-43g3-f86m.