What is CVE-2024-39118?

CVE-2024-39118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mommyheather Advanced Backups, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-39118?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-39118 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Mommyheather Advanced Backups

CVE-2024-39118

Mommy Heather Advanced Backups up to v3.5.3 allows attackers to write arbitrary files via restoring a crafted back up.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mommyheather Advanced Backups

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

gist.github.com/apple502j/193358682885fe1a6708309ce934e4ed (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/MommyHeather/AdvancedBackups/commit/1545f499f73bf434ed292c31121fdda8… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39118?: CVE-2024-39118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mommyheather Advanced Backups, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-39118?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39118 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.