What is CVE-2024-2446?

CVE-2024-2446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-2446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Mattermost

CVE-2024-2446

Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.10, 9.2.x before 9.2.6, 9.3.x before 9.3.2, and 9.4.x before 9.4.3 fail to limit the number of @-mentions processed per message, allowing an authenticated attacker to crash the client applications of ot…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Mattermost — versions 9.4.0, 9.3.0, 9.2.0
Mattermost Mattermost_server

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2446?: CVE-2024-2446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mattermost, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-2446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.