Denial of service in Raptor RDF Syntax library

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU118386

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57822

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read when parsing triples with the nquads parser in raptor_ntriples_parse_term_internal(). A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Raptor RDF Syntax Library: 0.9.0 - 2.2.0.16

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:dajobe:raptor:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:dajobe:raptor:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:dajobe:raptor:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067896
https://github.com/dajobe/raptor/issues/70
https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/fuzzing/raptor-fuzz.md
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00023.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.