CVE-2024-23972: Sony Xav-AX5500 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sony XAV-AX5500 USB Configuration Descriptor Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Sony XAV-AX5500 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the USB host driver. A crafted USB configuration descriptor can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-23185

Affected products

• Sony Xav-AX5500 Firmware: version 1.13 only

Published 2024-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.