CVE-2024-45662 | IBM Safer Payments denial of service

IBM Safer Payments 6.4.0.00 through 6.4.2.07, 6.5.0.00 through 6.5.0.05, and 6.6.0.00 through 6.6.0.03 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper allocation of resources.

Published: 2025-01-18 Last update: 2025-08-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-45662 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-45662

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 2026-06-16 0.54% 0.57% +0.02%
2 2026-06-15 0.18% 0.54% +0.36%
3 2026-02-26 0.18%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-45662

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-45662

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-45662

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm safer_payments >= 6.4.0.00, < 6.4.2.08 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:safer_payments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm safer_payments >= 6.5.0.00, < 6.5.0.06 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:safer_payments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm safer_payments >= 6.6.0.00, < 6.6.0.03 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:safer_payments:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-45662

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