#VU86992 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ion-java - CVE-2024-21634
Published: March 4, 2024 / Updated: December 15, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86992
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21634
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ion-java
ion-java
Software vendor:
Amazon Ion
Amazon Ion
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due in `ion-java` for applications that use `ion-java` to deserialize Ion text encoded data, or deserialize Ion text or binary encoded data into the `IonValue` model and then invoke certain `IonValue` methods on that in-memory representation. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.