CVE-2024-22393

criticalpriority · track · 11EPSS 0.025 · 84 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.46% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 9.1 · critical

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1. Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USCWE-434US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Answerall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer≤ 0 ≤1.2.1enisa_euvdEU
apache answer< 1.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/apache/incubator-answer< 1.2.5osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/incubator-answer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-rmqp-mvv2-54c6Apache Answer Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability2024-02-22ghsa · osvUS
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer through 1.2.1. Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.2.5, which fixes the issue.
GO-2024-2579Apache Answer Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in github.com/apache/incubator-answer2024-06-04vendor · osvUS
Apache Answer Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in github.com/apache/incubator-answer

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-22modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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