# CVE-2024-43410: Russh has an OOM Denial of Service due to allocation of untrusted amount

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-43410-russh-has-an-oom-denial-of-service-due-to-allocation-of-untrusted  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-08-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-43410 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-08-14

Russh has an OOM Denial of Service due to allocation of untrusted amount

Technologies: [russh (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-russh). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-43410 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-43410 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-43410?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 14 August 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** russh (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.44.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-43410?** Yes. russh (crates.io): upgrade to 0.44.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-43410?** Check whether you run russh (crates.io) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- russh (crates.io): upgrade to 0.44.1 or later

  ```sh
  cargo update -p russh
  ```


## Affected products

- russh (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.44.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-43410
- GHSA-vgvv-x7xg-6cqg

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