CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-4292

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Apr 27, 2024 | Modified: May 17, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Contemporary Controls BASrouter BACnet BASRT-B 2.7.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Device-Communication-Control Service. The manipulation with the input 55ff0500370015f30104025506110afb7519035d0841e4bece257b6acfc71f leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-262224. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

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