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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-21909 Detail

Current Description

PeterO.Cbor versions 4.0.0 through 4.5.0 are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability. An attacker may trigger the denial of service condition by providing crafted data to the DecodeFromBytes or other decoding mechanisms in PeterO.Cbor. Depending on the usage of the library, an unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6r92-cgxc-r5fg CVE, VulnCheck Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/peteroupc/CBOR/commit/b4117dbbb4cd5a4a963f9d0c9aa132f033e15b95 CVE, VulnCheck Patch 
https://github.com/peteroupc/CBOR/compare/v4.5...v4.5.1 CVE, VulnCheck Release Notes 
https://github.com/peteroupc/CBOR/security/advisories/GHSA-6r92-cgxc-r5fg CVE, VulnCheck Third Party Advisory 
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-6r92-cgxc-r5fg CVE, VulnCheck Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulnCheck  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-21909
NVD Published Date:
01/03/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2025
Source:
VulnCheck