What is CVE-2024-24456?

CVE-2024-24456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Athonet Core, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-24456?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Athonet Core

CVE-2024-24456

An E-RAB Release Command packet containing a malformed NAS PDU will cause the Athonet MME to immediately crash, potentially due to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Hpe Athonet Core — versions HPE Athonet Core 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security-alert@hpe.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24456?: CVE-2024-24456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Athonet Core, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-24456?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.