CVE Vulnerability

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

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

Configuration 1

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 02:15

Updated : 2020-11-13 09:09

NVD link : CVE-2020-27196

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27196

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787