Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-12910

MediumPublic PoCDDoS

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
15 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0035 57.9th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-12910 is a medium-severity Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) vulnerability in Llamaindex Llamaindex. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability in the `KnowledgeBaseWebReader` class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version latest, allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by controlling a URL variable to contain the root URL. This leads to infinite recursive calls to the…

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`get_article_urls` method, exhausting system resources and potentially crashing the application.

CWE(s)
CWE-674

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

llamaindex
llamaindex
≤ 0.12.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CP-7 Alternate Processing Site
addresses: CWE-674

Supports resumption at alternate site when uncontrolled recursion causes primary site failure or crash.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
addresses: CWE-674

Prevents uncontrolled recursion that exhausts stack or CPU resources.

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