Elasticsearch stack overflow via recursive GeometryCollection WKT
CVE-2024-52981 Published on April 8, 2025
An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-52981 can be exploited with network access, and requires 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 high 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-2024-52981 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-52981
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Affected Versions
Elasticsearch:- Version 7.17.0, <= 7.17.23 is affected.
- Version 8.0, <= 8.15.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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