PT-2024-6161 · Unknown · Tap-Windows6

Vladimir Tokarev · Published 2024-03-19 · Updated 2025-08-22 · CVE-2024-1305

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the tap-windows6 driver not properly checking the size data of incoming write operations, which can be used by an attacker to overflow memory buffers. This can result in a bug check and potentially allow for arbitrary code execution in kernel space. The vulnerability is associated with an integer overflow.

Recommendations For tap-windows6 driver version 9.26 and earlier, update to a version later than 9.26 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07081

CVE-2024-1305

Affected Products

Tap-Windows6

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07081 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1305 · Security Note
• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-1305 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1772098819242807333 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133185 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1811279348676378915 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/echeloneyes/3044 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1772464619665187116 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810367942971842628 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/213 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/meravytes/status/1822938326350893274 · Twitter Post
• https://mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg07534.html · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/6083 · Telegram Post