# CVE-2024-25048: IBM MQ code execution

> A remote authenticated attacker can exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in IBM MQ Appliance to execute arbitrary code or crash the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 27 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9prh-5p33-rp37

## What is CVE-2024-25048?

CVE-2024-25048 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 27 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash.  IBM X-Force ID:  283137.

Weakness: CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25048?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Mq Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-25048 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Appliance

- [CVE-2025-0975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0975/): IBM MQ code execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1318/): Command injection in MQ Appliance (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-4620](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4620/): Security feature bypass in MQ Appliance (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2021-38967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38967/): Code injection in MQ Appliance (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-46176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46176/): IBM MQ privilege escalation (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25048 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in IBM MQ Appliance, published on 27 Apr 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-2024-25048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM MQ Appliance. 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-2024-25048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.