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CVE-2024-52338

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-52338 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in the Apache Arrow R package versions 4.0.0 through 16.1.0, allowing arbitrary code execution when processing untrusted IPC, Feather, or Parquet data. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to version 17.0.0 or later to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, < 17.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:arrow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0232 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 15.0.0-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 15.0.0-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17560-17084Fixed in: 15.0.0-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17561-17084Fixed in: 18.2.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19666-17084Fixed in: 18.2.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 libarrow 15.0.0-7 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 15.0.0-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 18.2.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 18.2.2-8 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.2-2

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2024-Dec/CVE-2024-52338

CVE-2024-52338

Dec 10, 2024
microsoft2024-Nov/CVE-2024-52338Critical

Apache Arrow R package: Arbitrary code execution when loading a malicious data file

Nov 12, 2024

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/11/28/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / apache/arrow/commit/801de2fbcf5bcbce0c019ed4b35ff3fc863b141b
Patch
lists.apache.org / thread/0rcbvj1gdp15lvm23zm601tjpq0k25vt
Mailing ListVendor Advisory