Resource exhaustion in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed

CVE-2024-31617

OpenLiteSpeed before 1.8.1 mishandles chunked encoding.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-31617: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31617?
CVE-2024-31617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Litespeedtech Openlitespeed, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-31617?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.