What is CVE-2024-1305?

CVE-2024-1305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Openvpn-gui, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-1305?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Openvpn Openvpn-gui

CVE-2024-1305

tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier does not properly check the size data of incomming write operations which an attacker can use to overflow memory buffers, resulting in a bug check and potentially arbitrary code execution in…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.154 (96.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openvpn Openvpn-gui — versions 2.6.9 and earlier
Openvpn Tap-windows6 — versions 9.26 or earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

security@openvpn.net (Vendor Advisory)
security@openvpn.net (Mailing List, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1305?: CVE-2024-1305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openvpn Openvpn-gui, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-1305?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.