CVE-2023-3171 HIGH

CVE-2023-3171: Eap-7: heap exhaustion via deserialization

Vendor Red Hat
Product EAP 7.4.13
Weakness CWE-789
Published December 27, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the heap and result in a Denial of Service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 27, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated