VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4540

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Primary references