Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Mattermost Mobile before 2.13.0
CVE-2024-24975 Published on March 15, 2024
Denial of Service for mobile app users due to automatic code highlighting
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Mattermost Mobile versions before 2.13.0 fails to limit the size of the code block that will be processed by the syntax highlighter, allowing an attacker to send a very large code block and crash the mobile app.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-24975 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2024-24975 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-24975
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Affected Versions
Mattermost Mobile:- Version 2.13.0 is unaffected.
- Before and including 2.12.0 is affected.
- Before and including 2.12.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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