Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-7347 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
nginx Server applications / Web servers NGINX Plus Server applications / Web servers |
Vendor |
NGINX F5 Networks |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU96020
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7347
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ngx_http_mp4_module when reading mp4 files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the web server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the server is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module and the "mp4" directive is used in the configuration file.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsnginx: 1.5.13 - 1.27.0
NGINX Plus: R30 - R32
CPE2.3http://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140529
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2024.mp4.txt
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2024/UUOCLLONPR6244YQYU65PO5LB7JDYCWM.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.