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

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

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/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:** 27 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qjgm-wr4w-h2g9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27507

## 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 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27507?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-27507 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2024-27507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27507

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27507/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.