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🛡️ CVE-2024-30917 — fast-dds

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-229 NVD
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Description

An issue was discovered in eProsima FastDDS v.2.14.0 and before, allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) and obtain sensitive information via a crafted history_depth parameter in DurabilityService QoS component.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-30917 is classified as CWE-229: Improper Handling of Values. The product does not properly handle when the expected number of values for parameters, fields, or arguments is not provided in input, or if those values are undefined.

Affected software

CVE-2024-30917 is recorded against 1 package.

  • fast-dds (fixed in 2.14.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 April 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-229: Improper Handling of Values) in other software:

CVE-2024-30917 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-229
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-04-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fast-dds — 2.14.0

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