CVE-2017-1000118 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Akka HTTP versions <= 10.0.5 Illegal Media Range in Accept Header Causes StackOverflowError Leading to Denial of Service

Published: 2017-10-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:akka:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0601	Akka HTTP versions <= 10.0.5 Illegal Media Range in Accept Header Causes StackOverflowError Leading to Denial of Service
Github GHSA	GHSA-gfx6-ph4q-q54q	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in akka-http-core

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00389.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/10.0.6/security/2017-05-03-illegal-media-range-in-accept-header-causes-stackoverflowerror.html

History

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Subscriptions

Akka Http Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-04T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:46:56.456Z

Reserved: 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000118

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-05T01:29:04.697

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000118

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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