Memory Exhaustion

2024-06-0306:25:13

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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memory exhaustion

dos attack

input size restrictions

application crash

vulnerability

crafted input

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

15.5%

JSON

braces is vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion. The vulnerability is due to improper input size restrictions, which allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted large imbalanced input to the braces() method, leading to memory exhaustion and eventual application crash.