CVE-2024-45237 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer overflow in the Fort library allows attackers to execute code or cause denial of service via malicious RPKI certificates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-45237?
CVE-2024-45237 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. A malicious RPKI repository that descends from a (trusted) Trust Anchor can serve (via rsync or RRDP) a resource certificate containing a Key Usage extension composed of more than two bytes of data. Fort writes this string into a 2-byte buffer without properly sanitizing its length, leading to a buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45237?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nicmx Fort-Validator.
How do I fix CVE-2024-45237?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-45237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45237, GHSA-wpp2-87q7-h53v, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45237.