CVE-2020-27196 — Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Lightbend Play Framework
Timeline
PublishedNov 6
Latest updateFeb 10

Description

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDlightbend/play_framework2.7.0 — 2.7.5+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework↗2022-02-10
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GHSA
Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework↗2022-02-10
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