Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-57616

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
10 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57616 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Monetdb Monetdb. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 30.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-57616 is a vulnerability in the vscanf component of MonetDB Server version 11.47.11. The issue enables attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by sending crafted SQL statements. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating high severity primarily due to its impact on availability, and is linked to CWE-89.

Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication, privileges, or user interaction, as it is accessible over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation results in a DoS, disrupting service availability on affected MonetDB Server instances while causing no impact to confidentiality or integrity.

Mitigation details are available in the referenced GitHub issue at https://github.com/MonetDB/MonetDB/issues/7412.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in the vscanf component of MonetDB Server v11.47.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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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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Why these techniques?

Remote unauthenticated exploitation of public-facing MonetDB via crafted SQL input directly enables application-layer DoS through vulnerability abuse.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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CVE-2024-57619Same product: Monetdb Monetdb
CVE-2024-57621Same product: Monetdb Monetdb
CVE-2024-57624Same product: Monetdb Monetdb

Affected Assets

monetdb
monetdb
11.47.11

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 requires timely remediation of the specific flaw in the MonetDB vscanf component, directly eliminating the DoS vulnerability exploitable via crafted SQL statements.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection good match
prevent

SC-5 implements denial-of-service protections that limit the impact of resource exhaustion attacks triggered by crafted SQL inputs to the vscanf component.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of SQL statement inputs, preventing malformed crafted statements from exploiting the vscanf component to cause DoS.

References