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CVE-2022-22721

core: Possible buffer overflow with very large or unlimited LimitXMLRequestBody

Published: Mar 14, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-190
NVD MITRE
9.1CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
41.9%
Top 1.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
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Description

If LimitXMLRequestBody is set to allow request bodies larger than 350MB (defaults to 1M) on 32 bit systems an integer overflow happens which later causes out of bounds writes. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.52 and earlier.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected Products

http serverapache
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise manager ops centeroracle
On-premWeb App
Databases / db-tooling
http serveroracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/38
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Timeline

Published
Mar 14, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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