Resource exhaustion in Apache Mxnet

CVE-2022-24294

A regular expression used in Apache MXNet (incubating) is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service by excessive resource consumption. The bug could be exploited when loading a model in Apache MXNet that has a specially crafted operator name that would cause the regular expression evaluation to use excessive resources to attempt a match. This issue affects Apache MXNet versions prior to 1.9.1.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24294?
CVE-2022-24294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Mxnet, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-24294?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.