PoC Index

CVE-2022-37797

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.1%

In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition.

CVSS v3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile
Published
2022-09-12
Updated
2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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