CVE-2024-52338

/// Technical description

Deserialization of untrusted data in IPC and Parquet readers in the Apache Arrow R package versions 4.0.0 through 16.1.0 allows arbitrary code execution. An application is vulnerable if it

reads Arrow IPC, Feather or Parquet data from untrusted sources (for

example, user-supplied input files). This vulnerability only affects the arrow R package, not other Apache Arrow

implementations or bindings unless those bindings are specifically used via the R package (for example, an R application that embeds a Python interpreter and uses PyArrow to read files from untrusted sources is still vulnerable if the arrow R package is an affected version). It is recommended that users of the arrow R package upgrade to 17.0.0 or later. Similarly, it

is recommended that downstream libraries upgrade their dependency

requirements to arrow 17.0.0 or later. If using an affected

version of the package, untrusted data can read into a Table and its internal to_data_frame() method can be used as a workaround

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References