cve/2024/CVE-2024-36844.md

### [CVE-2024-36844](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-36844)
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### Description

libmodbus v3.1.6 was discovered to contain a use-after-free via the ctx->backend pointer. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted message sent to the unit-test-server.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues/749

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