# CVE-2024-42698: Roughly Enough Items (REI) v.16.0.729 and before contains an Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input vulnerabil

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-28 · Updated: 2025-03-18

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Roughly Enough Items (REI) v.16.0.729 and before contains an Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input vulnerability. The specific issue is a failure to validate slot index and decrement stack count in the Roughly Enough Items (REI) mod for Minecraft, which allows in-game item duplication.

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/apple502j/7b1af0082449c9bfbf910e9a25ef3595
- https://github.com/shedaniel/RoughlyEnoughItems/commit/e80ca84f1affb91d2388ddb298bfc6b141828cad

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