Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.6.5 buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.6.5. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-24004. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150, CHARX SEC-3100, CHARX SEC-3050 and CHARX SEC-3000 up to 1.6.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A physical attacker with access to the device display via USB-C can send a message to the device which triggers an unsecure copy to a buffer resulting in loss of integrity and a temporary denial-of-service for the stations until they got restarted by the watchdog.

The weakness was presented by Jesson Soto Ventura and Matthew Waddell as VDE-2025-014. It is possible to read the advisory at certvde.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-24004 since 01/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/08/2025 +172 days Advisory disclosed
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2025-014
Researcher: Jesson Soto Ventura, Matthew Waddell
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-24004 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-24004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315303

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2025 10:08
Changes: 07/08/2025 10:08 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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