CVE-2020-12845
CVSS v3
7.5
HIGH
EPSS Score
8.1 %
exploit probability
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
—
SSVC status
Description
Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending an HTTP request to protected resources using a malformed Authorization header that is mishandled during a cherokee_buffer_add call within cherokee_validator_parse_basic or cherokee_validator_parse_digest.
Technical details
- Published
- 2020-07-27
Frequently asked questions
What is CVE-2020-12845?
Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending an HTTP request to protected resources using a malformed Authorization header that is mishandled during a cherokee_buffer_add call within cherokee_validator_parse_basic or cherokee_validator_parse_digest.
Is CVE-2020-12845 actively exploited?
Active exploitation of CVE-2020-12845 has not been confirmed. The EPSS score is 8.1%, indicating the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12845?
CVE-2020-12845 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).
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