CVE-2024-23837 LibHTP unbounded folded header handling leads to denial service

2024-02-2616:17:24

CWE-770

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2024-23837

libhtp

denial of service

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol. Crafted traffic can cause excessive processing time of HTTP headers, leading to denial of service. This issue is addressed in 0.5.46.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "OISF",
    "product": "libhtp",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 0.5.46",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]