CVE-2024-38525

Summary

dd-trace-cpp is the Datadog distributed tracing for C++. When the library fails to extract trace context due to malformed unicode, it logs the list of audited headers and their values using the nlohmann JSON library. However, due to the way the JSON library is invoked, it throws an uncaught exception, which results in a crash. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.2.2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
DataDogdd-trace-cpp>= 0.1.12, < 0.2.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-248: CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

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