Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition Design Software prior 23.1 custom special character

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition Design Software. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in custom special character. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-21809. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Quartus Prime Lite Edition Design Software. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a custom special character vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-92. This entry has been deprecated. It originally came from PLOVER, which sometimes defined "other" and "miscellaneous" categories in order to satisfy exhaustiveness requirements for taxonomies. Within the context of CWE, the use of a more abstract entry is preferred in mapping situations. CWE-75 is a more appropriate mapping. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper conditions check for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Lite Edition Design software before version 23.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The advisory is shared at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21809 since 01/05/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 23.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Custom special character
CWE: CWE-92 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Quartus Prime Lite Edition Design Software 23.1

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01/05/2024 🔍
05/17/2024 +132 days 🔍
05/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/29/2025 +316 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01055
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-21809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-21809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264705

Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2024 07:05
Updated: 03/29/2025 10:51
Changes: 05/17/2024 07:05 (62), 03/29/2025 10:51 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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