NULL pointer dereference in Cherokee-Project Cherokee
CVE-2020-12845
Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending an HTTP request to protected resources using a malformed Authorization header that is mishandled during a cherokee_buffer_add call within cherokee_validator_parse_basic or cherokee_validator_parse_digest.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/cherokee/webserver/releases (Third Party Advisory)
- cherokee-project.com/downloads.html (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1242 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12845?
- CVE-2020-12845 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cherokee-Project Cherokee, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-07-27.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12845?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12845 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.