CVE-2024-57639
Published: 14 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57639 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Openlinksw Virtuoso. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 39.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly mitigates SQL injection (CWE-89) by validating and sanitizing crafted SQL statement inputs to the dc_elt_size component.
Remediates the specific flaw in OpenLink Virtuoso v7.2.11 through timely patching as referenced in the GitHub issue.
Protects system availability against DoS impacts from resource exhaustion triggered by malicious SQL statements.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing DB server directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and application-layer DoS via crafted input (T1499.004).
NVD Description
An issue in the dc_elt_size component of openlink virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-57639 is a vulnerability in the dc_elt_size component of OpenLink Virtuoso Open-Source edition version 7.2.11. Published on 2025-01-14, it enables attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition through crafted SQL statements. The issue is classified under CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no prerequisites for privileges or user interaction.
Remote attackers require no authentication or special privileges to exploit this vulnerability over the network. By sending specially crafted SQL statements, they can trigger the flaw in the dc_elt_size component, achieving a high integrity impact as per the CVSS metrics, consistent with the described DoS effect despite no direct availability disruption scored.
Mitigation details are available in the referenced GitHub issue at https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1185.
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