CVE-2024-54731 Denial of service in CPDF
An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing a crafted PDF document to the cpdf library, leading to stack consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-54731?
CVE-2024-54731 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Coherent Graphics CPDF, published on 8 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cpdf through 2.8 allows stack consumption via a crafted PDF document.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-54731?
How do I fix CVE-2024-54731?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-54731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2024-54731 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-54731 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m7w9-72w4-pjr5.