IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in IBM MQ Appliance 9.3. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-25048. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM MQ Appliance 9.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD and LTS are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 283137.

It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-25048 since 02/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/04/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (283137). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/03/2024 🔍
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07/04/2025 +432 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-25048 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-25048
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-262231
X-Force: 283137

Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2024 15:40
Updated: 07/04/2025 01:12
Changes: 04/27/2024 15:40 (64), 07/04/2025 01:12 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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