CVE-2024-27507 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in libLAS can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service, affecting applications using the library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-27507?

CVE-2024-27507 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 27 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libLAS 1.8.1 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /libLAS/apps/ts2las.cpp.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27507?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Liblas Liblas.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27507?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-27507 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-27507 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qjgm-wr4w-h2g9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27507.

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