What is CVE-2024-38509?

CVE-2024-38509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Controller, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-38509?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Lenovo Xclarity Controller

CVE-2024-38509

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in XCC that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted IPMI command.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lenovo Xclarity Controller — versions various

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

psirt@lenovo.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38509?: CVE-2024-38509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Controller, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-38509?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.