CVE-2020-27196

EUVD-2022-1032
An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 66%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
lightbendplay_framework
𝑥
≤ 2.6.25
lightbendplay_framework
2.7.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 2.7.5
lightbendplay_framework
2.8.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 2.8.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow