What is CVE-2024-41176?

CVE-2024-41176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beckhoff Mdp Package, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-41176?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Beckhoff Mdp Package

CVE-2024-41176

The MPD package included in TwinCAT/BSD allows an authenticated, low-privileged local attacker to induce a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition on the daemon and execute code in the context of user “root” via a crafted HTTP request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-08-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.5% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2024-050 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41176?: CVE-2024-41176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beckhoff Mdp Package, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2024-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-41176?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.