CVE-2024-27913
Frrouting ≤ 9.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-27913 is a medium-severity Missing Initialization of Resource (CWE-909) vulnerability in Frrouting Frrouting. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 25th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-25104
Vulnerability Data
ospf_te_parse_te in ospfd/ospf_te.c in FRRouting (FRR) through 9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ospfd daemon crash) via a malformed OSPF LSA packet, because of an attempted access to a missing attribute field.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing initialization through static analysis or test cases.
Documented development standards and processes can mandate initialization of critical resources.
Security engineering principles can require explicit resource initialization during design and coding.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require proper resource initialization as part of coding standards and verification.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect missing initialization defects before deployment.
Secure development life cycle mandates initialization of resources before use.
Application security requirements can specify resource initialization checks.
Secure architecture principles include proper resource lifecycle management.
Secure coding standards explicitly require initialization of variables and resources.