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CVE-2024-12910

MediumCVSS 4.2 / 10
Published Mar 20, 2025·Last modified Jul 8, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

A vulnerability in the KnowledgeBaseWebReader class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version latest, allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by controlling a URL variable to contain the root URL. This leads to infinite recursive calls to the get_article_urls method, exhausting system resources and potentially crashing the application.

Risk Scores
Base Score
4.2

The vulnerability requires physical access to the device to be exploited. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
3.9

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.64%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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