CVE-2024-22393 Apache Answer: Pixel Flood Attack by uploading the large pixel file

2024-02-2209:51:43

CWE-434

apache

github.com

cve-2024-22393

pixel flood attack

unrestricted upload

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1.

Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:apache_answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "apache_software_foundation",
    "product": "apache_answer",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.2.1"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]