CWE-239

Failure to Handle Incomplete Element

The product does not properly handle when a particular element is not completely specified.

CVE-2024-29155 (GCVE-0-2024-29155)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-16 15:51
Modified
2025-09-02 14:11
CWE
Summary
On Microchip RN4870 devices, when more than one consecutive PairReqNoInputNoOutput request is received, the device becomes incapable of completing the pairing process. A third party can inject a second PairReqNoInputNoOutput request just after a real one, causing the pair request to be blocked.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microchip RN4870 Version: 0   
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website


{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2024-29155",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-10-16T17:13:24.313288Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-09-02T14:11:05.181Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "RN4870",
          "vendor": "Microchip",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "1.44",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Wu, Tianwei"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Hussain Syed Rafiul"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Ishtiaq, Abdullah Al"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "RASHID, SYED MD MUKIT"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "reporter",
          "value": "The Pennsylvania State University"
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "supportingMedia": [
            {
              "base64": false,
              "type": "text/html",
              "value": "On Microchip RN4870 devices, when more than one consecutive PairReqNoInputNoOutput request is \nreceived, the device becomes incapable of completing the pairing \nprocess. A third party can inject a second PairReqNoInputNoOutput request \njust after a real one, causing the pair request to be blocked."
            }
          ],
          "value": "On Microchip RN4870 devices, when more than one consecutive PairReqNoInputNoOutput request is \nreceived, the device becomes incapable of completing the pairing \nprocess. A third party can inject a second PairReqNoInputNoOutput request \njust after a real one, causing the pair request to be blocked."
        }
      ],
      "impacts": [
        {
          "capecId": "CAPEC-125",
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "CAPEC-125 Flooding"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
            "baseScore": 4.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "GENERAL"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-239",
              "description": "CWE-239",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-08-29T20:19:19.590Z",
        "orgId": "dc3f6da9-85b5-4a73-84a2-2ec90b40fca5",
        "shortName": "Microchip"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "product"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/rn4870"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "release-notes",
            "product",
            "technical-description"
          ],
          "url": "https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/WSG/ProductDocuments/SoftwareLibraries/Firmware/RN4870-71-Firmware-1.44.zip"
        }
      ],
      "solutions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "supportingMedia": [
            {
              "base64": false,
              "type": "text/html",
              "value": "Update to firmware version 1.44 or higher.\u003cbr\u003e"
            }
          ],
          "value": "Update to firmware version 1.44 or higher."
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "advisory": "PSIRT-37",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "Denial of service on Microchip RN4870 devices",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 0.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "dc3f6da9-85b5-4a73-84a2-2ec90b40fca5",
    "assignerShortName": "Microchip",
    "cveId": "CVE-2024-29155",
    "datePublished": "2024-10-16T15:51:11.819Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-03-18T06:11:27.983Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-09-02T14:11:05.181Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

No mitigation information available for this CWE.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

Back to CWE stats page