TI-2024-05204 Aliases CVE-2024-5602 GHSA-655j-v78g-4xc5

Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in NI I/O Trace Tool

LOW 36CWE-121Published 2024-07-23 · Updated 2025-08-27

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to a missing bounds check in the NI I/O Trace Tool may result in arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to provide a user with a specially crafted nitrace file. The NI I/O Trace tool is installed as part of the NI System Configuration utilities included with many NI software products.  Refer to the NI Security Advisory for identifying the version of NI IO Trace.exe installed. The NI I/O Trace tool was also previously released as NI Spy.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
NI	IO Trace Tool	up to 24.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

IO Trace Tool VendorNI Affected up to 24.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ni:system_configuration::::::::	—	—	NI

cpe:2.3:a:ni:system_configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·NI

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5602
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-655j-v78g-4xc5

References

Other 1

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ni-io-trace-tool.html

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Sources

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