Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-53856

Published
05 December 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 37th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-53856 is a high-severity Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency (CWE-130) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 37th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

rPGP is a pure Rust implementation of OpenPGP. Prior to 0.14.1, rPGP allows an attacker to trigger rpgp crashes by providing crafted data. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-130CWE-148CWE-617

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.5.5
  • V4.2.1
  • V4.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover length-parameter inconsistencies through targeted parsing tests.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation enforces correct length-to-data consistency checks on parsed messages before processing.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Security engineering principles discourage use of assertions for handling untrusted input.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly enforce length validation and input sanitization during coding and review.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software can detect assertion-triggered crashes as adverse events.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record reachable-assertion flaws before deployment.

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.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect length-inconsistency vulnerabilities before deployment.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and length checks that directly address inconsistent length fields.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for handling message lengths and data structures.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require robust parsing and bounds checking to prevent length-related flaws.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly prohibit improper length handling and enforce defensive parsing practices.

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