High severity · published Jul 1, 2024
CVE-2024-37298
Potential memory exhaustion attack due to sparse slice deserialization
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
gorilla/schema converts structs to and from form values. Prior to version 1.4.1 Running `schema.Decoder.Decode()` on a struct that has a field of type `[]struct{...}` opens it up to malicious attacks regarding memory allocations, taking advantage of the sparse slice functionality. Any use of `schema.Decoder.Decode()` on a struct with arrays of other structs could be vulnerable to this memory exhaustion vulnerability. Version 1.4.1 contains a patch for the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
schema · gorilla
< 1.4.1 · source: vendor, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37298
github.com
https://github.com/gorilla/schema/blob/main/decoder.go#L223
github.com
https://github.com/gorilla/schema/commit/cd59f2f12cbdfa9c06aa63e425d1fe4a806967ff
github.com
https://github.com/gorilla/schema/security/advisories/GHSA-3669-72x9-r9p3
