CVE-2024-23449 Vulnerability Details

  /     /     /  

CVE-2024-23449 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 29/03/2024 | CVE Updated: 12/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2024
Source: elastic | Vendor: Elastic | Product: Elasticsearch
Status : PUBLISHED

---

CVE-2024-23449 Description

An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* LOW

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-248
CWE Name: CWE-248: Uncaught Exception
Source: Elastic

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-ID: CAPEC-100
CAPEC Description: CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).