{"id":37612,"date":"2025-05-12T21:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:09:00","slug":"cve-2024-49846-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ota-message-decoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49846-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ota-message-decoding\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-49846: Critical Memory Corruption Vulnerability in OTA Message Decoding<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2024-49846 is a critical vulnerability that involves memory corruption during the decoding of Over-the-Air (OTA) messages from T3448 IE. This vulnerability carries a high severity score of 8.2, indicating its potential to cause significant damage to affected systems. Affected parties include any entities utilizing systems that decode OTA messages from T3448 IE. It matters because exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30391-microsoft-dynamics-input-validation-vulnerability-leading-to-unauthorized-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42595\">vulnerability may lead<\/a> to system compromise and data leakage, posing a severe threat to data security and privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-49846<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.2)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43062\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-217482023\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>OTA Decoder | All versions before patch<br \/>\nT3448 IE | All versions before patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit of CVE-2024-49846 involves using specially crafted OTA messages. The attacker sends these messages to the target system, and due to a flaw in the T3448 IE decoding process, these messages cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31204-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-multiple-apple-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"46789\">memory corruption<\/a>. This corruption could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-36864-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-3-3-115-with-potential-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42489\">potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code<\/a>, compromising the system and potentially leading to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-271066929\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4827-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51727\">HTTP request<\/a> including a malicious payload in the form of a manipulated OTA message:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/ota\/decode HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;ota_message&quot;: &quot;specially_crafted_malicious_message&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, &#8216;specially_crafted_malicious_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51726\">message<\/a>&#8216; is a placeholder for the actual malicious message that an attacker might use to exploit the vulnerability.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s essential to understand that this is a generalized example. Actual exploitation might vary depending on various factors, including the specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-43110-critical-unauthenticated-remote-system-configuration-vulnerability-in-voltronic-power-viewpower-powershield-netguard\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83129\">configuration of the target system<\/a> and the attacker&#8217;s resources and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best mitigation strategy for CVE-2024-49846 is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. If it&#8217;s not immediately possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as temporary mitigation. These tools can detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-38657-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-lxt2-zlib-block-decompression\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43163\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>, providing an additional layer of protection until the patch can be applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2024-49846 is a critical vulnerability that involves memory corruption during the decoding of Over-the-Air (OTA) messages from T3448 IE. This vulnerability carries a high severity score of 8.2, indicating its potential to cause significant damage to affected systems. Affected parties include any entities utilizing systems that decode OTA messages from T3448 IE. 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