CVE-2020-27196
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-27196
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-11-06T14:15:16
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-11-13T21:09:33
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.6.25 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.7.0 | 2.7.5 |
| cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.8.0 | 2.8.2 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability | Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27196 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27196 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:20:03 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-05 16:13:23 | 2020-11-06T14:15Z | 2020-11-06T14:15:16 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-05 16:13:23 | 2020-11-13T21:09:33 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-05 16:13:23 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |