CVE-2024-32886

MEDIUM
Published May 8, 2024 Modified Apr 15, 2026 CWE-835

Description

Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. When executing the following simple query, the `vtgate` will go into an endless loop that also keeps consuming memory and eventually will run out of memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 19.0.4, 18.0.5, and 17.0.7.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

4.9
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-835 CWE-835

References

Other References

https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/8f6cfaaa643a08dc111395a75a2d250ee746cfa8/go/mysql/collations/charset/convert.go#L73-L79 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/8f6cfaaa643a08dc111395a75a2d250ee746cfa8/go/mysql/collations/charset/unicode/utf16.go#L69-L71 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/2fd5ba1dbf6e9b32fdfdaf869d130066b1b5c0df https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/9df4b66550e46b5d7079e21ed0e1b0f49f92b055 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/c46dc5b6a4329a10589ca928392218d96031ac8d https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/d438adf7e34a6cf00fe441db80842ec669a99202 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advisories/GHSA-649x-hxfx-57j2 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/8f6cfaaa643a08dc111395a75a2d250ee746cfa8/go/mysql/collations/charset/convert.go#L73-L79 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/8f6cfaaa643a08dc111395a75a2d250ee746cfa8/go/mysql/collations/charset/unicode/utf16.go#L69-L71 https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/2fd5ba1dbf6e9b32fdfdaf869d130066b1b5c0df

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-32886? +
Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. When executing the following simple query, the `vtgate` will go into an endless loop that also keeps consuming memory and eventually will run out of memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 19.0.4, 18.0.5, and 17.0.7. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2024-32886? +
CVE-2024-32886 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.9 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-32886? +
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