Riskcovery

CVE-2024-1023

Io.vertx/vertx-core: memory leak due to the use of netty fastthreadlocal data structures in vertx

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Mar 27, 2024
Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Reserved
Jan 29, 2024

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Description

A vulnerability in the Eclipse Vert.x toolkit results in a memory leak due to using Netty FastThreadLocal data structures. Specifically, when the Vert.x HTTP client establishes connections to different hosts, triggering the memory leak. The leak can be accelerated with intimate runtime knowledge, allowing an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. For instance, a server accepting arbitrary internet addresses could serve as an attack vector by connecting to these addresses, thereby accelerating the memory leak.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vertx-core
  • 4.4.5Affected
  • 4.4.6Affected
  • 4.5.0Affected
  • 4.5.1Affected
CEQ 3.2Red Hat
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-7 and laterNot affected
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-4 and laterNot affected
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-4 and laterNot affected
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-4 and laterNot affected
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-9 and laterNot affected
    Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Red Hat
    • 2.4.0-4 and laterNot affected
    MTA-6.2-RHEL-9Red Hat
    • 6.2.3-2 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.7.0Red Hat
      Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot 3.2Red Hat
        Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11.FinalRed Hat
        • 4.4.8.redhat-00001 and laterNot affected
        RHINT Service Registry 2.5.11 GARed Hat
          A-MQ Clients 2Red Hat
            Migration Toolkit for RuntimesRed Hat
              OpenShift ServerlessRed Hat
                Red Hat AMQ Broker 7Red Hat
                  Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3Red Hat
                    Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3Red Hat
                      Red Hat Build of KeycloakRed Hat
                        Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8Red Hat
                          Red Hat build of QuarkusRed Hat
                            Red Hat Data Grid 8Red Hat
                              Red Hat Fuse 7Red Hat
                                Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Red Hat
                                  Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2Red Hat
                                    Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7Red Hat
                                      Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7Red Hat
                                        Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8Red Hat
                                          Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackRed Hat
                                            Red Hat Process Automation 7Red Hat

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