Buffer overflow in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (Formerly Master); Controllers; Wlan Gateways And Sd-Wan Managed By Central

CVE-2024-33512

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying Local User Authentication Database service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.146 (96.3th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-33512?
CVE-2024-33512 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Aruba Mobility Conductor (Formerly Master); Controllers; Wlan Gateways And Sd-Wan Managed By Central, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-33512?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-33512 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.