CVE-2024-1305 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier does not properly
check the size data of incomming write operations which an attacker can
use to overflow memory buffers, resulting in a bug check and potentially
arbitrary code execution in kernel space

Published: 2024-07-08

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 8.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

OpenVPN

tap-windows6

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.26 or earlier`	affected	—

OpenVPN

OpenVPN-GUI

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.9 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:tap-windows6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08327.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-1305
https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07534.html

History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Openvpn Openvpn tap-windows6
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:tap-windows6::::::::
Vendors & Products		Openvpn Openvpn tap-windows6

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.04282}`	epss `{'score': 0.04395}`

Subscriptions

Openvpn Tap-windows6

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: OpenVPN

Published: 2024-07-08T17:27:44.097Z

Updated: 2024-08-23T03:55:36.778Z

Reserved: 2024-02-07T13:22:25.493Z

Link: CVE-2024-1305

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:33:25.379Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-08T18:15:07.150

Modified: 2025-08-22T15:36:38.907

Link: CVE-2024-1305

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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