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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-53432 json

While parsing certain malformed PLY files, PCL version 1.14.1 crashes due to an uncaught std::out_of_range exception in PCLPointCloud2::at.

published 2024-11-21 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-51966

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

While parsing certain malformed PLY files, PCL version 1.14.1 crashes due to an uncaught std::out_of_range exception in PCLPointCloud2::at. This issue could potentially be exploited to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack when processing untrusted PLY files.

Patch / fix

  • pcl Debian 14, Debian 13 1.15.0+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53432

  • pcl Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.7.2-14ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • pcl Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.18.04.1+esm1
  • pcl Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.10.0+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm2
  • pcl Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • pcl Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53432

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% 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

Affected products

  • point_cloud_library pcl

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.