CVE-2024-52981

Medium

Description

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

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductElasticsearch
PublishedApr 8, 2025
First seenApr 8, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • elastic elasticsearch7.17.24, 8.15.1 or later
  • org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch7.17.24, 8.15.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
elastic elasticsearch7.17.0 ≤ v < 7.17.24, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.15.17.17.24, 8.15.1
org.elasticsearch:elasticsearchMaven7.17.0 ≤ v < 7.17.24, 8.0.0-alpha1 ≤ v < 8.15.17.17.24, 8.15.1

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CVE-2024-52981 · Elasticsearch · Dark Radar