Buffer overflow in Cellopoint Secure Email Gateway

CVE-2024-9043

Secure Email Gateway from Cellopoint has Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in authentication process. Remote unauthenticated attackers can send crafted packets to crash the process, thereby bypassing authentication and obtaining system administrator privileges.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-9043: held from 0.014 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9043?
CVE-2024-9043 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cellopoint Secure Email Gateway, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-9043?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9043 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.