VDB-256916 · CVE-2024-24975 · GCVE-0-2024-24975

Mattermost Mobile up to 2.12.0 Syntax Highlighter resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mattermost Mobile up to 2.12.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Syntax Highlighter. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-24975. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mattermost Mobile up to 2.12.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Syntax Highlighter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released by Gian Klug. The advisory is shared for download at mattermost.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-24975 since 03/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 2.13.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Groupware Software

Vendor

Mattermost

Name

Mobile

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.5
CNA Vector (Mattermost, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Mobile 2.13.0

Timelineinfo

03/14/2024 🔍
03/15/2024 +1 days 🔍
03/15/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2025 +396 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mattermost.com
Researcher: Gian Klug
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-24975 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-24975
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256916

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2024 11:17
Updated: 04/15/2025 07:56
Changes: 03/15/2024 11:17 (51), 01/22/2025 02:32 (28), 04/15/2025 07:56 (3)
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