Buffer overflow in Lightbend Play Framework
CVE-2020-27196
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Lightbend Play_framework
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-27196?
- CVE-2020-27196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2020-27196?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.