What is CVE-2024-53857?

CVE-2024-53857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rpgp, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-53857?

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

Resource exhaustion in Rpgp

CVE-2024-53857

rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows attackers to trigger resource exhaustion vulnerabilities in rpgp by providing crafted messages. This affects general message parsing and decryption with symmetric keys.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th 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

Rpgp — versions < 0.14.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53857?: CVE-2024-53857 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rpgp, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-53857?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.