# CVE-2024-41434: PingCAP TiDB v8.1.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component (\*Column).GetDecimal.

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-03 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PingCAP TiDB v8.1.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component (*Column).GetDecimal. This allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input to the 'RemoveUnnecessaryFirstRow', it will check the expression between 'Agg' and 'GroupBy', but does not check the return type. NOTE: PingCAP disputes this, arguing that reproduction did not cause the security impact of service interruption to other users. They maintain it is a complex query bug in the product but not a DoS.

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## References

- https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/53733
- https://gist.github.com/ycybfhb/4aa6809695b9e8a1cd1429e597c17517

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