Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-4227 is a high-severity Excessive Iteration (CWE-834) vulnerability in Sourceforge (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked in the top 49% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) and SC-6 (Resource Availability) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-4227 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Genivia gSOAP under a specific configuration. An unauthenticated remote attacker can force the software to parse an XML document containing duplicate ID attributes, resulting in high CPU load that leads to a DoS condition. The vulnerability is rated 7.5 on the CVSS v3.1 scale (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) and is associated with CWE-834.
The attack requires no privileges or user interaction and can be carried out over the network with low complexity. An unauthenticated remote attacker simply needs to send a malicious XML payload with duplicate ID attributes to a vulnerable gSOAP instance, causing excessive resource consumption and potential service disruption due to elevated CPU usage.
Advisories from Genivia reference an upgrade recommendation specifically when the -c++11 option is used to generate C++11 source code, with further details available in the gSOAP changelog on SourceForge.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-32779
Vulnerability Data
In Genivia gSOAP with a specific configuration an unauthenticated remote attacker can generate a high CPU load when forcing to parse an XML having duplicate ID attributes which can lead to a DoS.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Engineering principles can require developers to bound all loops and iterations at design time.
Resource quotas limit the CPU/time impact of an excessively long loop without eliminating the flaw.
Input validation can reject or sanitize data that would otherwise drive unbounded iteration.
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 prevent unbounded loops via code review, static analysis, and testing.
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 excessive iteration through stress and fuzz testing.
Secure development lifecycle requires input validation and loop bounds, directly limiting excessive iteration.
Application security requirements include resource-consumption limits that prevent unbounded loops.
Secure architecture principles mandate defensive coding patterns such as loop termination checks.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unbounded loops and require explicit iteration limits.