CVE-2022-37797

High

Description

In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLighttpd
PublishedSep 12, 2022
First seenSep 12, 2022

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lighttpd lighttpd1.4.65—
debian debian_linux10.0—

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