What is CVE-2024-23968?

CVE-2024-23968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chargepoint Home Flex, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-23968?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Chargepoint Home Flex

CVE-2024-23968

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ChargePoint Home Flex charging stations. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the SrvrToSmSetAutoChnlListMsg function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23968?: CVE-2024-23968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chargepoint Home Flex, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-23968?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.