CVE-2024-11991 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting DFINITY Motoko, specifically its incremental garbage collector. The flaw stems from incorrect write barrier usage, leading to an uninitialized memory access bug that could allow unauthorized read or write access to a Canister's memory. Exploitation requires the Canister to utilize non-default features like the incremental garbage collector or enhanced orthogonal persistence. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.9.0, < 0.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dfinity:motoko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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