CVE-2024-52811
Vulnerability Scoring
Attack Complexity Details
- Attack Complexity: Low Impact
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Privileges Required: None
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- User Interaction: NONE
CIA Impact Definition
- Confidentiality:
- Integrity: Low Impact
- Availability: HIGH IMPACT
CVE-2024-52811 Vulnerability Summary
The ngtcp2 project is an effort to implement IETF QUIC protocol in C. In affected versions acks are not validated before being written to the qlog leading to a buffer overflow. In `ngtcp2_conn::conn_recv_pkt` for an ACK, there was new logic that got added to skip `conn_recv_ack` if an ack has already been processed in the payload. However, this causes us to also skip `ngtcp2_pkt_validate_ack`. The ack which was skipped still got written to qlog. The bug occurs in `ngtcp2_qlog::write_ack_frame`. It is now possible to reach this code with an invalid ack, suppose `largest_ack=0` and `first_ack_range=15`. Subtracting `largest_ack - first_ack_range` will lead to an integer underflow which is 20 chars long. However, the ngtcp2 qlog code assumes the number written is a signed integer and only accounts for 19 characters of overhead (see `NGTCP2_QLOG_ACK_FRAME_RANGE_OVERHEAD`). Therefore, we overwrite the buffer causing a heap overflow. This is high priority and could potentially impact many users if they enable qlog. qlog is disabled by default. Due to its overhead, it is most likely used for debugging purpose, but the actual use is unknown. ngtcp2 v1.9.1 fixes the bug and users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should not turn on qlog.
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Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2024-52811
Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-52811
CVE-2024-52811: Detailed Information and External References
EPSS
0.00045
EPSS %
0.17329
References
0.00045
- https://github.com/ngtcp2/ngtcp2/commit/44b662bd139c23fee1703bf256c13349e2e624a1
- https://github.com/ngtcp2/ngtcp2/commit/e550c1a414318d0f3f01fca1a621ae0b0428ca15
- https://github.com/ngtcp2/ngtcp2/security/advisories/GHSA-4gmv-gf46-r4g5
CWE
CWE-670
CVSS3 Source
security-advisories@github.com
CVSS3 Type
Secondary
CVSS3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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