Local application hang via unchecked menu input
Published Dec 9, 2024 · Updated Dec 9, 2024
Input-validation failure in SourceCodester Phone Contact Manager System 1.0 allows local users to hang the application through its user menu. UserInterface::MenuDisplayStart reads an excessively long decimal string into an int without checking conversion state, length, or the allowed menu range; the invalid value then falls through a perpetual main loop. Access to the local application is required, and the demonstrated consequence is repeated menu rendering with high CPU use and loss of normal interaction rather than a proven memory overwrite.
Summary
What happened
Input-validation failure in SourceCodester Phone Contact Manager System 1.0 allows local users to hang the application through its user menu. UserInterface::MenuDisplayStart reads an excessively long decimal string into an int without checking conversion state, length, or the allowed menu range; the invalid value then falls through a perpetual main loop. Access to the local application is required, and the demonstrated consequence is repeated menu rendering with high CPU use and loss of normal interaction rather than a proven memory overwrite.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-12354
- Published
- Dec 9, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 9, 2024
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Phone Contact Manager System
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-119, CWE-120, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- MenuDisplayStart oversized-number proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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