CVE-2024-9490

Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Silicon Labs IDE installer

HIGH

8.6

CVSS Score

Published: January 24, 2025 at 02:26 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorIDE (8-bit)

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Severity

HIGH8.6

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in Silicon Labs (8-bit) IDE installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.

Affected

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

IDE (8-bit)· Silabs Com

60%

v ≤ 5.50

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPermissions Required

Source: [email protected]

https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.6HIGHSilabs

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: CHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-427

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