CVE-2024-52061 Potential stack buffer overflow when parsing an XML type
A stack buffer overflow in RTI Connext Professional allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted XML input.
- 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-2024-52061?
CVE-2024-52061 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries, Queuing Service, Recording Service, Routing Service) allows Overflow Variables and Tags.This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.5.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.0.5, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.2.21, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.1.40, from 5.0.0 before 5.3.1.45.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52061?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rti Connext Professional.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52061?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-52061 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52061 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in RTI Connext Professional
- CVE-2026-2467 Memory corruption in Connext Professional
- CVE-2026-3894 Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in RTI Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Overread Buffers.
- CVE-2024-52057 SQL injection in Connext Professional
- CVE-2026-7300 Memory corruption in Connext Professional
- CVE-2025-14543 XML external entity in Connext Professional
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cvv-3p2p-xx9w.