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CVE-2024-47561 (GCVE-0-2024-47561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-03 10:23 – Updated: 2024-10-21 08:51
VLAI
Title
Apache Avro Java SDK: Arbitrary Code Execution when reading Avro schema (Java SDK)
Summary
Schema parsing in the Java SDK of Apache Avro 1.11.3 and previous versions allows bad actors to execute arbitrary code. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.11.4  or 1.12.0, which fix this issue.
Severity
9.2 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-03 18:53 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Avro Java SDK Affected: 0 , < 1.11.4 (semver)
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apache avro Affected: 0 , < 1.11.4 (semver)
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Credits
Kostya Kortchinsky, from the Databricks Security Team
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