CVE-2024-6875 | Infinispan: infinispan: rest compare api has buffer leak

A vulnerability was found in the Infinispan component in Red Hat Data Grid. The REST compare API may have a buffer leak and an out of memory error can occur when sending continual requests with large POST data to the REST API.

Published: 2025-03-28 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-6875 is rated Moderate Risk (42.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6875

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 2026-05-09 0.14% 0.25% +0.11%
2 2026-05-06 0.31% 0.14% -0.17%
3 2026-01-22 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6875

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6875

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-6875

GHSA-2q39-w2hw-2pjm · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Infinispan Potential Out of Memory Error via REST Compare API Buffer API

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-6875

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6875

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6875

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-6875

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