CVE-2024-53432 Affecting pcl package, versions <1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2410-PCL-8422343
  • published28 Jan 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2024

Introduced: 21 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-53432  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.10 pcl to version 1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcl package and not the pcl package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.