CVE-2024-58249 Denial of service in wxWidgets
An attacker can cause a crash in wxWidgets applications by triggering refused connections in the web request component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-58249?
CVE-2024-58249 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in wxWidgets, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In wxWidgets before 3.2.7, a crash can be triggered in wxWidgets apps when connections are refused in wxWebRequestCURL.
Weakness: CWE-826
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58249?
Linux distribution packages (11)
wxGTK3-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxQt-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxWidgets-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxGTK3-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxQt-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxWidgets-3_2 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxGTK3-3_2 openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxQt-3_2 openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxWidgets-3_2 openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxWidgets-3_2-nostl openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 3.1.5-150400.3.10.1 |
wxWidgets-3_2 openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 3.2.8-4.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-58249?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2024-58249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58249 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58249, GHSA-643m-q4f3-rfc2, JLSEC-2026-1262, MGASA-2025-0217, OESA-2025-1504, OESA-2025-1505 and 3 more.