CVE-2024-9495 - Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in CP210x VCP Windows installer

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HIGH

Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in CP210x VCP Windows installer

Published Jan 24, 2025

8.6

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.19%

Description

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in the CP210x VCP Windows

installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.

Affected products

Vendor Silabs.com Product CP210x VCP Windows Default
affected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=6.7

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Silabs.com

CP210x VCP Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<=6.7

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-427

References (1)

https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd
vendor-advisorypermissions-required

Link	Providers	Tags
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd		vendor-advisorypermissions-required

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner Silabs

Published Jan 24, 2025

Updated Jan 27, 2025

Reserved Oct 3, 2024

Link CVE-2024-9495

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jan 24, 2025

NVD

Status Deferred

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2024-9495

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2024-9495