CVE-2023-27371 (GCVE-0-2023-27371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-11 15:19
VLAI
Summary
GNU libmicrohttpd before 0.9.76 allows remote DoS (Denial of Service) due to improper parsing of a multipart/form-data boundary in the postprocessor.c MHD_create_post_processor() method. This allows an attacker to remotely send a malicious HTTP POST packet that includes one or more '\0' bytes in a multipart/form-data boundary field, which - assuming a specific heap layout - will result in an out-of-bounds read and a crash in the find_boundary() function.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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