CVE-2024-6351 Malformed packet leads to denial of service in NWK/APS layer

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

A malformed packet triggers a buffer overflow in the NWK/APS layer, causing a denial of service in devices using the Ember ZNet stack.

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

What is CVE-2024-6351?

CVE-2024-6351 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in silabs.com SiSDK, published on 28 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A malformed packet can cause a buffer overflow in the NWK/APS layer of the Ember ZNet stack and lead to an assert

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6351?

How do I fix CVE-2024-6351?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6351 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-2024-6351 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6351 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

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