CVE-2024-37029
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedFuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceFuji Electric Tellus Lite V-Simulator contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability where insufficient input validation allows a malicious payload to overflow a stack-allocated buffer, potentially overwriting return addresses and enabling arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 4.0.20.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V Simulator is installedCheck system for the presence of Tellus Lite V Simulator software - look in Program Files, Program Files (x86), or check Windows registry uninstall entries for 'Tellus Lite V Simulator' or 'Fuji Electric' related entriesAffected if The software is present on the system
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Determine the installed version numberLocate the application executable (typically named TellusLiteVSimulator.exe or similar in the installation directory) and check its file properties for the version, or use Windows PowerShell: Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*Tellus*Lite*V*Simulator*'} | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersionAffected if The displayed version is lower than 4.0.20.0
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Verify the vulnerable component is presentConfirm the V-Simulator executable and its associated DLLs exist in the installation directory - the vulnerability resides in the simulator component responsible for processing user-supplied inputAffected if The simulator executable exists and the version cannot be determined or is below 4.0.20.0
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Check if the simulator has been running or exposedReview any available logs, recent connections, or running processes related to Tellus Lite V Simulator - the overflow occurs during input processing when the simulator is activeAffected if The software was running and processing external inputs
A user is affected if Fuji Electric Tellus Lite V Simulator is installed with a version lower than 4.0.20.0, as the stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability can be triggered when the simulator processes user-supplied data.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data4.0.20.0
Apply vendor patches when available; until then, restrict network access to the simulator, implement input length validation on all user-supplied data, and consider deploying compensating controls like application whitelisting.
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