CVE-2024-14028Network attack vector

HTTP service crash via concurrent use-after-free

Published Mar 27, 2026 · Updated Mar 27, 2026

Use-after-free in Softing smartLink HW-DP through 1.31 and HW-PN before 1.02 allows remote attackers to crash the HTTP service. The webserver processes multiple implicit reads concurrently and accesses an object after its memory has been freed. Exploitation requires user interaction and interrupts HTTP availability; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in Softing smartLink HW-DP through 1.31 and HW-PN before 1.02 allows remote attackers to crash the HTTP service. The webserver processes multiple implicit reads concurrently and accesses an object after its memory has been freed. Exploitation requires user interaction and interrupts HTTP availability; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-14028
Published
Mar 27, 2026
Updated
Mar 27, 2026
Vendor
Softing Industrial Automation GmbH
Product
smartLink HW-DP
Classifications
CWE-416, CAPEC-469, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=1.31

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Softing Industrial Automation GmbH · smartLink HW-DPversion=0 <=1.31
Softing Industrial Automation GmbH · smartLink HW-PNversion=0 <1.02

Published CVSS scores

6.5SoftingCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free
CAPEC-469HTTP DoS
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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Technologies

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