Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6 USB Interface type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component USB Interface. Performing a manipulation results in type confusion. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-37603. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mercedes Benz Head-Unit NTG6 (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component USB Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Mercedes Benz NTG (New Telematics Generation) 6. A possible type confusion exists in the user data import/export function of NTG 6 head units. To perform this attack, local access to the USB interface of the car is needed. With prepared data, an attacker can cause the User-Data service to fail. The failed service instance will restart automatically.

The advisory is shared at securelist.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-37603 since 06/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-4891). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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06/09/2024 🔍
02/14/2025 +250 days 🔍
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06/01/2025 +107 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securelist.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-37603 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-37603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-295797
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2025 08:37
Updated: 06/01/2025 06:10
Changes: 02/14/2025 08:37 (52), 06/01/2025 06:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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