CVE-2024-37820: peerdb-flow NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-37820 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in peerdb-flow. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2Timeline
- 25-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A nil pointer dereference in PingCAP TiDB v8.2.0-alpha-216-gfe5858b allows attackers to crash the application via expression.inferCollation.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
32%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.38% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard2 products
- peerdb-flowAll versions (No fix recorded)
- peerdb-flow-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Github.com/pingcap1 product
- tidb< 8.2.0 | All versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- github.com/pingcap/tidbPACKAGE