CVE-2024-12910

March 20, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

4.2
Medium

Description

A vulnerability in the `KnowledgeBaseWebReader` class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version latest, allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by controlling a URL variable to contain the root URL. This leads to infinite recursive calls to the `get_article_urls` method, exhausting system resources and potentially crashing the application.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Llama
  • Llama Index
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a llama llama_index / / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

4.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.0

  • Attack Vector: PHYSICAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: March 20, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 20, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@huntr.dev

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