CVE-2022-22707

MEDIUM

lighttpd 1.4.46-1.4.63 - Denial of Service via mod_extforward Forwarded Header Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In lighttpd 1.4.46 through 1.4.63, the mod_extforward_Forwarded function of the mod_extforward plugin has a stack-based buffer overflow (4 bytes representing -1), as demonstrated by remote denial of service (daemon crash) in a non-default configuration. The non-default configuration requires handling of the Forwarded header in a somewhat unusual manner. Also, a 32-bit system is much more likely to be affected than a 64-bit system.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3134
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5040

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0897
EPSS Percentile 94.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
lighttpd/lighttpd 1.4.46 - 1.4.63
Published Jan 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026