Service interruption via unbounded interrupted-request memory consumption
Published Apr 11, 2025 · Updated Sep 1, 2025
Resource exhaustion in IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.13 allows remote attackers to interrupt service via HTTP. The HTTP request-processing path fails to limit memory consumption after an in-progress request is interrupted, allowing memory use to accumulate. IBM's assessment requires user interaction but no privileges; the required interaction is undisclosed, and the impact is limited to availability.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.13 allows remote attackers to interrupt service via HTTP. The HTTP request-processing path fails to limit memory consumption after an in-progress request is interrupted, allowing memory use to accumulate. IBM's assessment requires user interaction but no privileges; the required interaction is undisclosed, and the impact is limited to availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-51461
- Published
- Apr 11, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 1, 2025
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM QRadar WinCollect
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0 <=10.1.13
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