CVE-2024-53432 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service by providing malformed PLY files to applications using the Point Cloud Library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-53432?
CVE-2024-53432 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
While parsing certain malformed PLY files, PCL version 1.14.1 crashes due to an uncaught std::out_of_range exception in PCLPointCloud2::at. This issue could potentially be exploited to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack when processing untrusted PLY files.
Weakness: CWE-754
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53432?
How do I fix CVE-2024-53432?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2024-53432 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-53432 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53432, GHSA-6q3r-569c-crm7, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53432, USN-7227-1.