CVE-2020-27196

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 v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow	Vendor Advisory
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework::::::::

Information

Published : 2020-11-06 06:15

Updated : 2020-11-13 13:09

NVD link : CVE-2020-27196

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27196

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

lightbend

play_framework

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