CVE-2024-52981

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.9 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Apr 8, 2025
CWE ID 400

Summary

CVE-2024-52981 is a vulnerability affecting Elasticsearch. It arises from a large recursion issue involving Well-KnownText formatted strings and nested GeometryCollection objects, leading to a stack overflow. This can potentially enable an attacker to cause the Elasticsearch server to crash or become unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. To mitigate this issue, it is recommended to update Elasticsearch to the latest version or implement measures to limit recursion depth.

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