Deserialization in Open-Mmlab Open-Mmlab/mmdetection

CVE-2024-12044

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in open-mmlab/mmdetection version v3.3.0. The vulnerability is due to the use of the `pickle.loads()` function in the `all_reduce_dict()` distributed training API without proper sanitization. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by broadcasting a malicious payload to the distributed training network.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.012 (65.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12044?
CVE-2024-12044 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Open-Mmlab Open-Mmlab/mmdetection, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-12044?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.