CVE-2024-27978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in WLAvalancheService component of Ivanti Avalanche before 6.4.3 allows an authenticated remote attacker to perform denial of service attacks.

Published: 2024-04-19

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% 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

Ivanti

Avalanche

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.4.3`	affected	< 6.4.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:avalanche:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-25152	A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in WLAvalancheService component of Ivanti Avalanche before 6.4.3 allows an authenticated remote attacker to perform denial of service attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01759.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Avalanche-6-4-3-Security-Hardening-and-CVEs-addressed?language=en_US

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:avalanche::::::::
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Ivanti Avalanche

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2024-04-19T01:10:11.863Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:41:56.001Z

Reserved: 2024-02-29T01:04:06.640Z

Link: CVE-2024-27978

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-04-19T18:31:50.644Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-19T02:15:10.447

Modified: 2025-05-06T14:18:24.237

Link: CVE-2024-27978

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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