# CVE-2024-11097: SourceCodester Student Record Management System Main Menu infinite loop

> A local attacker can trigger an infinite loop in the Main Menu, causing a denial of service in the Student Record Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vc27-rq8h-9f48

## What is CVE-2024-11097?

CVE-2024-11097 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Record Management System, published on 12 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Student Record Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Main Menu. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition), CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Razormist Student Record Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11097 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11097 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Record Management System

- [CVE-2024-11261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11261/): Memory corruption in Student Record Management System (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-11262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11262/): SourceCodester Student Record Management System View All Student Marks main stack-based overflow (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11097 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Record Management System, published on 12 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11097 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Record Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11097/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.