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CVE-2024-37820

CVE-2024-37820 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.400000095367432 MEDIUM

PingCAP TiDB nil pointer dereference

Reported by mitre · Published June 25, 2024

github.com/pingcap/tidb is fixed in 8.2.0 (Go Modules)

A nil pointer dereference in PingCAP TiDB v8.2.0-alpha-216-gfe5858b allows attackers to crash the application via expression.inferCollation.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
github.com/pingcap/tidbGo Modules8.2.0

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
5.400000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a
github.compingcap/tidb0
n/an/a*
chainguardpeerdb-flow*
chainguardpeerdb-flow-fips*

Timeline

  • Jun 25, 2024 CVE Published
  • Jun 26, 2024 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Oct 4, 2024 Coalition ESS Score (5 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jan 9, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Mar 17, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)

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