CVE-2019-11072

CRITICAL

Lighttpd < 1.4.53 - Integer Overflow

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

lighttpd before 1.4.54 has a signed integer overflow, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malicious HTTP GET request, as demonstrated by mishandling of /%2F? in burl_normalize_2F_to_slash_fix in burl.c. NOTE: The developer states "The feature which can be abused to cause the crash is a new feature in lighttpd 1.4.50, and is not enabled by default. It must be explicitly configured in the config file (e.g. lighttpd.conf). Certain input will trigger an abort() in lighttpd when that feature is enabled. lighttpd detects the underflow or realloc() will fail (in both 32-bit and 64-bit executables), also detected in lighttpd. Either triggers an explicit abort() by lighttpd. This is not exploitable beyond triggering the explicit abort() with subsequent application exit.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2945
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107907

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1208
EPSS Percentile 93.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
lighttpd/lighttpd < 1.4.53
Published Apr 10, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026