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high 7.5

CVE-2024-52532 json

GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 has an infinite loop, and memory consumption.

published 2024-11-11 23 mo ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2024-45942 , JLSEC-2026-1279

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 has an infinite loop, and memory consumption. during the reading of certain patterns of WebSocket data from clients.

Patch / fix

  • gnome libsoup 3.6.1
  • libsoup3 Debian 12 3.2.3-0+deb12u1
  • libsoup3 Debian 13 3.6.0-4
  • libsoup2.4 Debian 12 2.74.3-1+deb12u1
  • libsoup2.4 Debian 13 2.74.3-8.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52532

  • libsoup3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.4.4-5ubuntu0.1
  • libsoup2.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.70.0-1ubuntu0.1
  • libsoup2.4 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.74.2-3ubuntu0.1
  • libsoup2.4 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.74.3-6ubuntu1.1
  • libsoup3 Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.0.7-0ubuntu1+esm1
  • libsoup2.4 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm4
  • libsoup2.4 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52532

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libsoup RHEL 8 2.62.3-6.el8_10
  • libsoup RHEL 9 2.72.0-8.el9_5.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:9573RHSA-2024:9559

  • libsoup Linux Micro 6.1 3.4.4-slfo.1.1_2.1
  • libsoup Linux Micro 6.0 3.4.2-5.1
  • libsoup SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +5 more 2.68.4-150200.4.3.1
  • libsoup SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 3.4.4-150600.3.3.1
  • libsoup SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +5 more 3.0.4-150400.3.3.1
  • libsoup2 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 +9 more 2.74.2-150400.3.3.1
  • libsoup2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.74.3-150600.4.3.1
  • libsoup SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 2.62.2-5.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:1518-1SUSE-SU-2025:20252-1SUSE-SU-2025:20105-1SUSE-SU-2024:4365-1SUSE-SU-2024:4355-1SUSE-SU-2024:4352-1

  • libsoup openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.0-2.1
  • libsoup2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.74.3-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14488-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14489-1

  • libsoup AlmaLinux 9 2.72.0-8.el9_5.2
  • libsoup AlmaLinux 8 2.62.3-6.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:9559ALSA-2024:9573

  • libsoup Rocky Linux 9 2.72.0-8.el9_5.2
  • libsoup Rocky Linux 8 2.62.3-6.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:9559RLSA-2024:9573

  • libsoup CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.0.4-2
  • libsoup Azure Linux 3.0 3.4.4-2

azure linux advisories AZL-52998AZL-53081

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-52532 updated cvss 7.5

libsoup: infinite loop while reading websocket data

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libsoup
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libsoup-devel 2.62.3-6.el8_10, libsoup-debuginfo 2.62.3-6.el8_10, libsoup-debugsource 2.62.3-6.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9573
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libsoup 2.72.0-8.el9_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9559
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) libsoup 2.62.3-6.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9573
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libsoup3
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Soup3_jll
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • gnome libsoup

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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