VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-27196
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- lightbend/play framework
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflowVendor Advisory
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflowVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.