What is CVE-2024-52532?

CVE-2024-52532 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Libsoup, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-52532?

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

Vulnerability in GNOME Libsoup

CVE-2024-52532

GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 has an infinite loop, and memory consumption. during the reading of certain patterns of WebSocket data from clients.

Published 2024-11-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Libsoup

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/security/-/wikis/home (Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/391 (Issue Tracking)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/merge_requests/410 (Issue Tracking)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52532?: CVE-2024-52532 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Libsoup, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-52532?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.