CVE-2020-27196

Published: Nov 6, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Lightbend: Play Framework

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Lightbend Play Framework	Up to 2.6.25
Lightbend Play Framework	From 2.7.0 to 2.7.5
Lightbend Play Framework	From 2.8.0 to 2.8.2

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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