What is CVE-2023-2798?

CVE-2023-2798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htmlunit, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-05-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-2798?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2798 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Htmlunit

CVE-2023-2798

Those using HtmlUnit to browse untrusted webpages may be vulnerable to Denial of service attacks (DoS). If HtmlUnit is running on user supplied web pages, an attacker may supply content that causes HtmlUnit to crash by a stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.This issue affects htmlunit before 2.70.0.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.3th 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

Htmlunit

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve-coordination@google.com (Patch)
cve-coordination@google.com (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2798?: CVE-2023-2798 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htmlunit, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-05-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-2798?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2798 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.