CVE-2024-4227: genivia gsoap Excessive Iteration
CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-4227DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4227
Published 15-01-2025Last modified 15-01-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-4227 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Excessive Iteration vulnerability in genivia gsoap. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
0.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Timeline
- 15-01-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-01-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Genivia gSOAP with a specific configuration an unauthenticated remote attacker can generate a high CPU load when forcing to parse an XML having duplicate ID attributes which can lead to a DoS.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 versionHigh 7.5Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSourcesAll 4 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
53%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.72% on 18-09-2026
18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score0.72%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- gsoapAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.8.135-1
Genivia1 product
- gsoap≥ 2.8.24, ≤ 2.8.132
Ubuntu1 product
- gsoapAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- sourceforge.net/p/gsoap2/code/HEAD/tree/changelog.mdRelease Notes
