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CVE-2024-36981

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-36981 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the EtherNet/IP PCCC parser of OpenPLC Runtime (OpenPLC_v3 b4702061dc14d1024856f71b4543298d77007b88). This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted network requests. Rated 7.5 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it presents a low-complexity network attack with no user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code is unavailable, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2024-04-04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openplcproject:openplc_v3_firmware:2024-04-04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2004
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2004
ExploitThird Party Advisory