Vulnerabilites related to silabs.com - USBXpress 4 SDK
CVE-2024-9497 (GCVE-0-2024-9497)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-24 14:38
Modified
2025-08-27 21:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in the USBXpress 4 SDK
installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.
References
▼ | URL | Tags |
---|---|---|
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd | vendor-advisory, permissions-required |
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
silabs.com | USBXpress 4 SDK |
Version: 0 ≤ 4.0.3 |
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