CVE-2024-52059

Application memory corruption via malformed identity certificate

Published Dec 13, 2024 · Updated Dec 2, 2025

Heap buffer overflow in affected RTI Connext Professional Security Plugins allows local users to corrupt application memory via a certificate. DomainParticipant creation miscalculates or inadequately bounds a heap copy while processing a malformed on-disk identity certificate. Exploitation requires certificate-file write access and simplified-certificate propagation enabled or unset; on 64-bit systems, only the OpenSSL plugin is affected.

CVSS severity6.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap buffer overflow in affected RTI Connext Professional Security Plugins allows local users to corrupt application memory via a certificate. DomainParticipant creation miscalculates or inadequately bounds a heap copy while processing a malformed on-disk identity certificate. Exploitation requires certificate-file write access and simplified-certificate propagation enabled or unset; on 64-bit systems, only the OpenSSL plugin is affected.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-52059
Published
Dec 13, 2024
Updated
Dec 2, 2025
Vendor
Real-Time Innovations
Product
Connext Professional
Classifications
CWE-120, CWE-122, CWE-190, CAPEC-46
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.1.0 <6.1.2.17
  2. Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <7.3.0.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Real-Time Innovations · Connext Professionalversion=6.1.0 <6.1.2.17; version=7.0.0 <7.3.0.2

Published CVSS scores

6.9RTICVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.1RTICVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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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)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CAPEC-46Overflow Variables and Tags

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