Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2025 · Assigned by Silabs

CVE-2024-9490Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Silicon Labs IDE installer

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit) from silabs.com. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in Silicon Labs (8-bit) IDE installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
silabs.com Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit) 0 – through 5.50

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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