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CVE-2024-5198

LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:15 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOvpn Dco WinOpenVPN-GUI

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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

OpenVPN ovpn-dco for Windows version 1.1.1 allows an unprivileged local attacker to send I/O control messages with invalid data to the driver resulting in a NULL pointer dereference leading to a system halt.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5198

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.3LOWCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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