CVE-2024-39697 | phonenumber panics on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs

phonenumber is a library for parsing, formatting and validating international phone numbers. Since 0.3.4, the phonenumber parsing code may panic due to a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string. In a typical deployment of rust-phonenumber, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted phonenumber, e.g. over the network, specifically strings of the form `+dwPAA;phone-context=AA`, where the "number" part potentially parses as a number larger than 2^56. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.6.

Published: 2024-07-09 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-39697 is rated Moderate Risk (51.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-39697

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.15% 0.71% +0.56%
2 2025-11-21 0.89% 0.15% -0.74%
3 2025-11-18 0.89%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-39697

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-39697

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-39697

GHSA-mjw4-jj88-v687 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: rust — panic on parsing crafted phonenumber inputs

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-39697

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-39697

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