CVE-2024-4162 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A buffer error in Panasonic KW Watcher versions 1.00 through 2.83 may allow attackers malicious read access to memory.

Published: 2024-05-08

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

Panasonic Holdings Corporation

KW Watcher

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.00`	affected	≤ 2.83

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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

-Do not open KWW files of unknown provenance -If opening a KWW file causes a dialog describing an error such as "File open error" to be displayed or KW Watcher terminates abruptly, please stop using the file in question

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-32721	A buffer error in Panasonic KW Watcher versions 1.00 through 2.83 may allow attackers malicious read access to memory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www3.panasonic.biz/ac/e/fasys/software_info/eco/tol_kwwatcher.jsp

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Panasonic_Holdings_Corporation

Published: 2024-05-08T02:57:11.091Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:33:52.545Z

Reserved: 2024-04-25T02:36:20.474Z

Link: CVE-2024-4162

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:33:52.545Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-08T03:15:06.830

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-4162

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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