Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-57661

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
17 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 20.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57661 is a high-severity Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404) 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 at the 20.4th 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-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like CVE-2024-57661 in the sqlo_df component, preventing DoS exploitation via crafted SQL statements.

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

Implements mechanisms to protect against or limit effects of DoS attacks, directly mitigating remote unauthenticated crashes from crafted SQL in Virtuoso.

SI-10 Information Input Validation partial match
prevent

Validates SQL statement inputs for accuracy and completeness, reducing the risk of crafted statements triggering DoS in the sqlo_df component.

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?

DoS via crafted SQL on network-exposed DB directly matches public-facing app exploitation and application/system exploitation for availability impact.

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

NVD Description

An issue in the sqlo_df component of openlink virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-57661 is a vulnerability in the sqlo_df component of OpenLink Virtuoso Open-Source version 7.2.11. The issue enables attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition through 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) and is linked to CWE-404.

Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction and can exploit the vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation causes high-impact disruption to availability, resulting in a DoS on the affected Virtuoso instance.

Mitigation details are available in the referenced GitHub issue at https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1220.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-404

Affected Products

openlinksw
virtuoso
7.2.11

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