Code execution via negative Boost archive index
Published Feb 13, 2025 · Updated Mar 24, 2025
Integer overflow in Mercedes-Benz NTG6 head units from 2021 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to execute code via crafted USB backup. During profile import, capthrift::CapServer::setProfile deserializes attacker-controlled SQLite values with Boost and accepts a negative cid as an array index, corrupting an object pointer before a virtual call. Physical access to the exposed vehicle USB port and a crafted uapreds.ud2 database are required; successful exploitation controls CAPServer execution, while failed attempts can trap the service in a restart loop.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in Mercedes-Benz NTG6 head units from 2021 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to execute code via crafted USB backup. During profile import, capthrift::CapServer::setProfile deserializes attacker-controlled SQLite values with Boost and accepts a negative cid as an array index, corrupting an object pointer before a virtual call. Physical access to the exposed vehicle USB port and a crafted uapreds.ud2 database are required; successful exploitation controls CAPServer execution, while failed attempts can trap the service in a restart loop.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-34399
- Published
- Feb 13, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1200
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Securelist NTG6 SQLite and Boost proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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