CVE-2020-27196
Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-27196
To remediate CVE-2020-27196, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.7.6 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.6 or later
Is CVE-2020-27196 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |