CVE-2024-52981

4.9 MEDIUM

Published: April 08, 2025 Modified: October 02, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924

Source: security@elastic.co

Patch Vendor Advisory

1 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

4.9 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.3%

53th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

Affected Vendors

elastic

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