What is CVE-2024-45163?

CVE-2024-45163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-45163?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-45163 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in N/a

CVE-2024-45163

The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45163?: CVE-2024-45163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-45163?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45163 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.