CVE-2024-31879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code leading to a denial of service of network ports on the system, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data. IBM X-Force ID: 287539.

Published: 2024-05-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

i

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2, 7.3, 7.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.4:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-29737	IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code leading to a denial of service of network ports on the system, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data. IBM X-Force ID: 287539.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00945.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287539
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7154380

History

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:::::::*

Subscriptions

Ibm I

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2024-05-18T15:40:03.867Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:59:49.831Z

Reserved: 2024-04-07T12:44:32.087Z

Link: CVE-2024-31879

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-05-20T17:49:05.307Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-18T16:15:47.253

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:28:53.080

Link: CVE-2024-31879

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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