# CVE-2024-45662: IBM Safer Payments denial of service

> A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM Safer Payments due to improper resource allocation.

- **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:** 18 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 21 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fpwf-jj2q-fxxh

## What is CVE-2024-45662?

CVE-2024-45662 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Safer Payments, published on 18 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Safer Payments 6.4.0.00 through 6.4.2.07, 6.5.0.00 through 6.5.0.05, and 6.6.0.00 through 6.6.0.03 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper allocation of resources.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45662?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Safer Payments.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45662?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45662 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45662 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Safer Payments

- [CVE-2023-27556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27556/): IBM Safer Payments denial of service (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-27557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27557/): IBM Safter Payments information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2020-4729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4729/): IBM Safer Payments denial of service (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45662 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45662 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Safer Payments, published on 18 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45662 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Safer Payments. 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-2024-45662/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45662/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45662
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45662
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45662

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45662/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.