What is CVE-2024-38525?

CVE-2024-38525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datadog Dd-Trace-Cpp, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-38525?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Datadog Dd-Trace-Cpp

CVE-2024-38525

dd-trace-cpp is the Datadog distributed tracing for C++. When the library fails to extract trace context due to malformed unicode, it logs the list of audited headers and their values using the `nlohmann` JSON library. However, due to the way the JSON library is invoked, it throws an uncaught exception, which results in a crash. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.2.2.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th 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

Datadog Dd-trace-cpp — versions >= 0.1.12, < 0.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38525?: CVE-2024-38525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datadog Dd-Trace-Cpp, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-38525?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.