CVE-2024-42642 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Micron Crucial MX500 Series Solid State Drives (M3CR046 firmware), affecting various Crucial MX500 models. This flaw can be triggered by sending specially crafted ATA packets from the host to the drive controller. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 86/100, and its EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation in the wild. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable. However, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness. Micron has released updated firmware to fully remediate this vulnerability, available since December 2024.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
m3cr046CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:crucial:mx500_firmware:m3cr046:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.