Description
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation and a denial of service (DoS) attack to be executed by sending a properly crafted request to the server. Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources
https://https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
Patch, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2023/09/CVE-2023-4540/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0094
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Products (1)
daurnimator/lua-http
0.4
Published
Sep 05, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026