CVE-2024-12704: LlamaIndex denial of service vulnerability

# CVE-2024-12704: LlamaIndex denial of service vulnerability

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2024-12704-llamaindex-denial-of-service-vulnerability · AIR-2025-0214 · closed 2025-03-20

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-03-20
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: llama_index
- CVE ids: CVE-2024-12704
- CVSS: 7.5

## Summary

A vulnerability in LlamaIndex allows for a denial of service attack through improper exception handling during stream completion. Supplying incorrect input types can cause an infinite loop and service disruption.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-03-20: CVE-2024-12704: A vulnerability in the LangChainLLM class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version v0.12.5, allows for a Denial of… (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12704)
- 2025-03-20: CVE-2024-12704: LlamaIndex Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3wr-m6xh-64hg)

## Sources

- 2025-03-20 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2024-12704: LlamaIndex Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3wr-m6xh-64hg
- 2025-03-20 NVD: CVE-2024-12704: A vulnerability in the LangChainLLM class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version v0.12.5, allows for a Denial of… https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12704

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