cve/2024/CVE-2024-5198.md

### [CVE-2024-5198](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-5198)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=OpenVPN-GUI&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=ovpn-dco&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=1.1.1%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=2.6.10-I002%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=NULL%20Pointer%20Dereference&color=brightgreen)

### Description

OpenVPN ovpn-dco for Windows version 1.1.1 allows an unprivileged local attacker to send I/O control messages with invalid data to the driver resulting in a NULL pointer dereference leading to a system halt.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2024-5198

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.