KW Watcher Vulnerability ALlows Malicious Read Access to Memory

published 2024-05-08 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-32721

cvss: 4.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

A buffer error in Panasonic KW Watcher versions 1.00 through 2.83 may allow attackers malicious read access to memory.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-08)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Panasonic Holdings Corporation KW Watcher

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www3.panasonic.biz /ac/e/fasys/software_info/eco/tol_kwwatcher.jsp

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-4162
NVD CVE-2024-4162

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Summary