Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-24863

http-swagger is an open source wrapper to automatically generate RESTful API documentation with Swagger 2.0. In versions of http-swagger prior to 1.2.6 an attacker may perform a denial of service attack consisting of memory exhaustion on the host system. The cause of the memory exhaustion is down to improper handling of http methods. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may to restrict the path prefix to the "GET" method as a workaround.
Published 2022-04-18 19:15:10
Updated 2022-04-27 13:31:20
Source GitHub, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-24863

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.16%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 53 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2022-24863

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
7.8
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2022-24863

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
  • The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2022-24863

Products affected by CVE-2022-24863

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