Buffer overflow in CBOR2 - CVE-2024-26134
Published: April 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88219
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2024-26134
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Alex Grönholm
Affected software:
CBOR2
CBOR2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing CBOR binaries. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted binary file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26134
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/security/advisories/GHSA-375g-39jq-vq7m
- https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/pull/204
- https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/commit/387755eacf0be35591a478d3c67fe10618a6d542
- https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/commit/4de6991ba29bf2290d7b9d83525eda7d021873df
- https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/releases/tag/5.6.2