CVE-2024-25770Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Service interruption via unreleased action strings

Published Feb 26, 2024 · Updated Aug 9, 2024

Memory leak in listaction.c in LibMing 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via repeated action-record processing. In printActionRecord, printf consumes a heap string returned by readString, but the caller discards the pointer without releasing its malloc allocation. The affected path must be invoked repeatedly through an application that exposes it; unreleased strings accumulate and can exhaust memory in that process.

CVSS severity4.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.60%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Memory leak in listaction.c in LibMing 0.4.8 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via repeated action-record processing. In printActionRecord, printf consumes a heap string returned by readString, but the caller discards the pointer without releasing its malloc allocation. The affected path must be invoked repeatedly through an application that exposes it; unreleased strings accumulate and can exhaust memory in that process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-25770
Published
Feb 26, 2024
Updated
Aug 9, 2024
Vendor
Ming Development Team
Product
LibMing
Classifications
CWE-401, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0.4.8

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Ming Development Team · LibMingversion=0.4.8

Published CVSS scores

4.3CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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