CVE-2018-12541 – io.vertx:vertx-core

Package

Manager: maven
Name: io.vertx:vertx-core
Vulnerable Version: >=3.0.0 <3.5.4

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.01315 pctl0.79069

Details

Excessive memory allocation In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory. There should be a reasonnable limit (8192 bytes) above which the WebSocket gets an HTTP response with the 413 status code and the connection gets closed.

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-17T16:19:59Z
Modified: 2022-04-25T20:23:45Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-45xm-v8gq-7jqx/GHSA-45xm-v8gq-7jqx.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-119", "CWE-789"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-45xm-v8gq-7jqx
Finding: F184
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