CVE-2024-52981

An issue was discovered in Elasticsearch, where a large recursion using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects could cause a stackoverflow.

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::

History

02 Oct 2025, 15:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Elastic Elastic elasticsearch
Summary		(es) Se descubrió un problema en Elasticsearch, donde una recursión grande que utiliza la cadena con formato Well-KnownText con objetos GeometryCollection anidados podría provocar un desbordamiento de pila.
References	~~() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924 -~~	() https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch::::::::

08 Apr 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-08 17:15

Updated : 2025-10-02 15:33

NVD link : CVE-2024-52981

Mitre link : CVE-2024-52981

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-52981

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elastic

elasticsearch

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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