CVE-2024-9490 json
Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Silicon Labs IDE installer
published 2025-01-24 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-50416
- cvss
- 8.6
- 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 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- silabs.com Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
-
community.silabs.com
/068Vm00000JUQwd
vendor-advisory, permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-9490
- NVD CVE-2024-9490
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