# CVE-2024-12070: Denial of Service in haotian-liu/llava

> An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a file upload request with an excessively large filename, overwhelming the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4hm-vcvh-rm39

## What is CVE-2024-12070?

CVE-2024-12070 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in haotian-liu/llava, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the file upload feature of haotian-liu/llava, specifically in Release v1.2.0 (LLaVA-1.6). The vulnerability is due to improper handling of form-data with a large filename in the file upload request. By sending a payload with an excessively large filename, the server becomes overwhelmed and unresponsive, leading to unavailability for legitimate users. This issue can be exploited without authentication, making it highly scalable and increasing the risk of exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12070?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hliu Large Language and Vision Assistant.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12070?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12070 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12070 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12070 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in haotian-liu/llava

- [CVE-2024-11449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11449/): Server-Side Request Forgery in haotian-liu/llava (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-9311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9311/): Cross-Site Request Forgery to XSS in haotian-liu/llava (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12070 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12070 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in haotian-liu/llava, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12070 exists.

Affected product: haotian-liu/llava. 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-2024-12070/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12070/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12070
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12070
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12070

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12070/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.