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CVE-2024-43598: 
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Overview

LightGBM Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-43598) was disclosed on November 12, 2024. The vulnerability affects Microsoft's LightGBM software versions up to (excluding) 4.6.0. This security issue was initially reported and tracked by Microsoft Corporation (MSRC, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122). Microsoft has assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires high attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

Based on the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to high impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The remote code execution capability suggests that attackers could potentially execute arbitrary code on affected systems (MSRC).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to upgrade to LightGBM version 4.6.0 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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