CVE-2024-12740: Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component exposes Vulnerabilities in NI Vision Software

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1395

Description

Vision related software from NI used a third-party library for image processing that exposes several vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may result in arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to get a user to open a specially crafted file.

Affected products

NI Data Record AD: through 2.0
NI FlexRIO: before 25.0 — fixed in 25.0
NI FRC Game Tools: through 25.0
NI-IMAQdx: through 23.1
NI Vision Acquisition Software: through 23.1
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection: 23.x
NI Vision Development Module: through 24.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NI FlexRIO 25.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/dependency-on-vulnerable-third-party-component-exposes-vulnerabi.html

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