Unsanitised variable on DAL_ADD in Evolution Controller causes application level denial of service and crash

published 2024-04-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-26830

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Web interface of Evolution Controller Versions 2.04.560.31.03.2024 and below does not proper sanitize user input, allowing for an unauthenticated attacker to crash the controller software

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-04-22)

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

CS Technologies Australia Evolution Controller
cs_technologies evolution_controller

Classification

Weakness

CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

directcyber.com.au /sa/CVE-2024-29836-to-29844-evolution-controller-multiple-vulnerabilities.html
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-29838
NVD CVE-2024-29838

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Summary