CVE-2024-45662Network attack vector

Remote MCI interruption via oversized requests

Published Jan 18, 2025 · Updated Jan 21, 2025

Resource exhaustion in affected IBM Safer Payments 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6 releases allows remote attackers to interrupt MCI with oversized requests. The Message Command Interface accepts arbitrarily large requests without resource-allocation limits, leading to uncontrolled memory allocation and buffer overflow. Network access to an enabled MCI endpoint is sufficient; exploitation interrupts transaction processing without reported data disclosure or modification.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.59%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in affected IBM Safer Payments 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6 releases allows remote attackers to interrupt MCI with oversized requests. The Message Command Interface accepts arbitrarily large requests without resource-allocation limits, leading to uncontrolled memory allocation and buffer overflow. Network access to an enabled MCI endpoint is sufficient; exploitation interrupts transaction processing without reported data disclosure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45662
Published
Jan 18, 2025
Updated
Jan 21, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM Safer Payments
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=6.4.0.00 <=6.4.2.07
  2. Affected versionversion=6.5.0.00 <=6.5.0.05
  3. Affected versionversion=6.6.0.00 <=6.6.0.03

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM Safer Paymentsversion=6.4.0.00 <=6.4.2.07; version=6.5.0.00 <=6.5.0.05; version=6.6.0.00 <=6.6.0.03

Published CVSS scores

7.5IBM X-ForceCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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