# CVE-2024-2331: SourceCodester Tourist Reservation System System.cpp ad_writedata buffer overflow

> Remote attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the ad_writedata function to potentially execute arbitrary code on the Tourist Reservation System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28c2-q6pw-9mqq

## What is CVE-2024-2331?

CVE-2024-2331 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SourceCodester Tourist Reservation System, published on 9 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Tourist Reservation System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function ad_writedata of the file System.cpp. The manipulation of the argument ad_code leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-256282 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2331?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Razormist Tourist Reservation System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2331 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2331 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SourceCodester Tourist Reservation System, published on 9 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Tourist Reservation 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-2024-2331/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2331/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2331
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2331
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2331

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2331/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.