CVE-2024-11991

MEDIUM

Motoko 0.9.0-0.13.3 - Uninitialized Memory Access in Incremental Garbage Collector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Motoko's incremental garbage collector is impacted by an uninitialized memory access bug, caused by incorrect use of write barriers in a few locations. This vulnerability could potentially allow unauthorized read or write access to a Canister's memory. However, exploiting this bug requires the Canister to enable the incremental garbage collector or enhanced orthogonal persistence, which are non-default features in Motoko.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (1)
dfinity/motoko 0.9.0 - 0.13.4
Published Dec 09, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026