CVE-2024-33901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Issue in KeePassXC 2.7.7 allows an attacker (who has the privileges of the victim) to recover some passwords stored in the .kdbx database via a memory dump. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because memory-management constraints make this unavoidable in the current design and other realistic designs.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Fastor01/30c6d89c842feb1865ec2cd2d3806838
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10784
https://keepassxc.org/blog/
https://keepassxc.org/blog/2019-02-21-memory-security/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-05-20T20:21:40.789Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T15:53:01.159Z

Reserved: 2024-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-33901

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:42:59.651Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-20T21:15:09.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:17:42.220

Link: CVE-2024-33901

Redhat

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