# CVE-2024-11262: SourceCodester Student Record Management System View All Student Marks main stack-based overflow

> A local attacker can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the View All Student Marks component to execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5v3w-3pq2-qhxx

## What is CVE-2024-11262?

CVE-2024-11262 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Record Management System, published on 15 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 critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the component View All Student Marks. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11262?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Razormist Student Record Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11262?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11262 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11262 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-2024-11097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11097/): SourceCodester Student Record Management System Main Menu infinite loop (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11262 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11262 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Record Management System, published on 15 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-2024-11262 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-2024-11262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11262/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11262
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11262
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11262

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11262/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.