CVE-2023-4540CWE-755

DoS in lua-http library

High · published September 5, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation and a denial of service (DoS) attack to be executed by sending a properly crafted request to the server.

Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop.

This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01090 · 65.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Published
2023-09-05T07:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 SEP 07:46Z
    DoS in lua-http library
    cvelistv5