# CVE-2024-53432: While parsing certain malformed PLY files, PCL version 1.14.1 crashes due to an uncaught std::out\_of\_range exception in PCLPointCloud2::at.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-21 · Updated: 2024-12-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

While parsing certain malformed PLY files, PCL version 1.14.1 crashes due to an uncaught std::out_of_range exception in PCLPointCloud2::at. This issue could potentially be exploited to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) attack when processing untrusted PLY files.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/issues/6162

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