7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-37797

Published: 12/09/2022 Updated: 03/12/2022
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious user to cause denial of service condition.

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lighttpd lighttpd 1.4.65

debian debian linux 10.0

Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint CVE-2022-37797 An invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) may cause a NULL pointer dereference in the wstunnel module CVE-2022-41556 A resource leak in mod_fastcgi and mod_scgi could lead to a denial of service after a large num ...
In lighttpd 1465, 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 (CVE-2022-37797) ...
Severity Unknown Remote Unknown Type Unknown Description AVG-2822 lighttpd 1466-1 1467-1 Unknown Fixed redminelighttpdnet/issues/3165 gitlighttpdnet/lighttpd/lighttpd14/commit/971773f ...