Memory corruption via unchecked binary node index
Published May 28, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Out-of-bounds write in libigl 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt memory when a user opens a crafted binary .msh file. In igl::MshLoader::parse_nodes, a node identifier read from the file is decremented and used to index the m_nodes vector without checking it against the allocation sized by the declared node count. Exploitation requires a downstream application built with the affected header-only library to pass the file to readMSH, and the resulting write can crash the process or corrupt its data.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in libigl 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt memory when a user opens a crafted binary .msh file. In igl::MshLoader::parse_nodes, a node identifier read from the file is decremented and used to index the m_nodes vector without checking it against the allocation sized by the declared node count. Exploitation requires a downstream application built with the affected header-only library to pass the file to readMSH, and the resulting write can crash the process or corrupt its data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23947
- Published
- May 28, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- libigl
- Product
- libigl
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.5.0
- Affected versionversion=v2.5.0
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