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CVE-2024-37603 (GCVE-0-2024-37603)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-18 14:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-18 14:08 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Assigner
References
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