CVE-2024-51500

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
Meshtastic firmware is a device firmware for the Meshtastic project. The Meshtastic firmware does not check for packets claiming to be from the special broadcast address (0xFFFFFFFF) which could result in unexpected behavior and potential for DDoS attacks on the network. A malicious actor could craft a packet to be from that address which would result in an amplification of this one message into every node on the network sending multiple messages. Such an attack could result in degraded network performance for all users as the available bandwidth is consumed. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.5.6. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2024-51500
  • Assigner
  • GitHub_M
  • Vulnerability Status
  • PUBLISHED
  • Published Version
  • 2024-11-04T23:00:31.876Z
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2024-11-04T23:00:31.876Z
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-138 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/138.html
CWE-159 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/159.html
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/security/advisories/GHSA-xfmq-5j3j-vgv8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51500
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-51500
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2024-11-05 13:11:21 Added to TrackCVE