CVE-2024-29904 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server. Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Codeigniter	Codeigniter

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/fa851acbae7ae4c5a97f8f38ae87aa0822a334c0
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-39fp-mqmm-gxj6

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Codeigniter Codeigniter codeigniter
Weaknesses		CWE-674
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter::::::::
Vendors & Products		Codeigniter Codeigniter codeigniter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-03-29T15:32:38.686Z

Updated: 2024-08-21T22:44:16.609Z

Reserved: 2024-03-21T15:12:09.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-29904

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:17:58.591Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-29T16:15:08.593

Modified: 2025-05-07T17:28:25.530

Link: CVE-2024-29904

Redhat

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