Buffer overflow in Brother Industries, Ltd Ads-2400n

CVE-2024-51979

An authenticated attacker may trigger a stack based buffer overflow by performing a malformed request to either the HTTP service (TCP port 80), the HTTPS service (TCP port 443), or the IPP service (TCP port 631). The malformed request will contain an empty Origin header value and a malformed Referer header value. The Referer header value will trigger a stack based buffer overflow when the host value in the Referer header is processed and is greater than 64 bytes in length.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.0th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-51979?
CVE-2024-51979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Brother Industries, Ltd Ads-2400n, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-51979?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-51979 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.