Integer overflow in containerd - CVE-2024-40635
Published: March 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105799
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40635
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: containerd
Affected software:
containerd
containerd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when handling a UID:GID larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer. A local user can pass a large user identifier value to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-40635
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-265r-hfxg-fhmg
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/1a43cb6a1035441f9aca8f5666a9b3ef9e70ab20
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/cf158e884cfe4812a6c371b59e4ea9bc4c46e51a