Vulnerability Details : 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 category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27196
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.11%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 44 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-27196
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-27196
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-27196
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https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
Play Security VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
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https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow
Play Framework Security AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2020-27196
- cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*