Vulnerability · Published Jul 23, 2024 · Assigned by NI

CVE-2024-5602Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in NI I/O Trace Tool

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow in IO Trace Tool from NI. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to a missing bounds check in the NI I/O Trace Tool may result in arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to provide a user with a specially crafted nitrace file. The NI I/O Trace tool is installed as part of the NI System Configuration utilities included with many NI software products.  Refer to the NI Security Advisory for identifying the version of NI IO Trace.exe installed. The NI I/O Trace tool was also previously released as NI Spy.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NI	IO Trace Tool	0 – through 24.3

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ni-io-trace-tool.html