# CVE-2024-8049: Telerik Document Processing Improper Handling of Memory Resources

> Attackers can cause denial of service by importing documents with unsupported features, exhausting computing resources in applications using Telerik Document Processing Libraries.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-47xc-86q6-rh6j

## What is CVE-2024-8049?

CVE-2024-8049 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Progress Software Telerik Document Processing Libraries, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries, versions prior to 2024 Q4 (2024.4.1106), importing a document with unsupported features can lead to excessive processing, leading to excessive use of computing resources leaving the application process unavailable.

Weakness: CWE-834 (Excessive Iteration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8049?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8049?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Telerik Document Processing Libraries

- [CVE-2024-11343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11343/): Telerik Document Processing Path Traversal (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-11629](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11629/): Telerik Document Processing RTF Export of Arbitrary File Path (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8049 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Progress Software Telerik Document Processing Libraries, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Telerik Document Processing Libraries. 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-2024-8049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8049

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8049/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.