What is CVE-2024-12387?

CVE-2024-12387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Binary-Husky Binary-Husky/gpt Academic, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-12387?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Binary-Husky Binary-Husky/gpt Academic

CVE-2024-12387

A vulnerability in the binary-husky/gpt_academic repository, as of commit git 3890467, allows an attacker to crash the server by uploading a specially crafted zip bomb. The server decompresses the uploaded file and attempts to load it into memory, which can lead to an out-of-memory crash. This issue arises due to improper input validation when handling compressed file uploads.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Binary-husky Binary-husky/gpt_academic — versions unspecified
Binary-husky Gpt_academic — versions 2024-10-15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-409 — Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

References

security@huntr.dev (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12387?: CVE-2024-12387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Binary-Husky Binary-Husky/gpt Academic, classified under Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-12387?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.