CVE-2024-5055 (GCVE-0-2024-5055)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 12:03 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerability of uncontrolled resource consumption in XAMPP
Summary
Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in XAMPP Windows, versions 7.3.2 and earlier. This vulnerability exists when XAMPP attempts to process many incomplete HTTP requests, resulting in resource consumption and system crashes.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-17 14:31 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Friends | XAMPP |
Affected:
7.3.2
|
guessed | |
| apachefriends | xampp |
Affected:
7.3.2
cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp:7.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2024-05-17 10:00
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