CVE-2024-42642: n/a
Micron Crucial MX500 Series Solid State Drives M3CR046 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted ATA packets from the host to the drive controller. NOTE: The supplier states that this vulnerability was fully remediated in December 2024 and that updated firmware is available through Crucial’s official support page.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-42642 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in Micron Crucial MX500 Series SSDs running firmware M3CR046. The flaw can be exploited by sending specially crafted ATA packets from a host with high privileges to the drive controller, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released a firmware update in December 2024 that fully remediates this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges on the host to cause a buffer overflow in the SSD firmware, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the drive data.
Mitigation Recommendations
A firmware update that fully remediates this vulnerability was released by Crucial in December 2024. Users should update their MX500 Series SSDs to the latest firmware available from Crucial's official support page to mitigate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-42642: n/a
Description
Micron Crucial MX500 Series Solid State Drives M3CR046 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted ATA packets from the host to the drive controller. NOTE: The supplier states that this vulnerability was fully remediated in December 2024 and that updated firmware is available through Crucial’s official support page.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.7medium
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-42642 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in Micron Crucial MX500 Series SSDs running firmware M3CR046. The flaw can be exploited by sending specially crafted ATA packets from a host with high privileges to the drive controller, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has released a firmware update in December 2024 that fully remediates this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with high privileges on the host to cause a buffer overflow in the SSD firmware, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the drive data.
Mitigation Recommendations
A firmware update that fully remediates this vulnerability was released by Crucial in December 2024. Users should update their MX500 Series SSDs to the latest firmware available from Crucial's official support page to mitigate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69838cacf9fa50a62fa093ab
Added to database: 02/04/2026, 18:15:08 UTC
Last enriched: 07/05/2026, 21:23:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 269
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