CVE-2020-15694
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15694
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15694.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-15694
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-08-14T19:15:12.677Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T23:34:36.496379Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient fails to properly validate the server response. For example, httpClient.get().contentLength() does not raise any error if a malicious server provides a negative Content-Length.
- References
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- https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/httpclient.nim#L241
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/2
- https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-httpclient-header-crlf-injection/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/nim-lang/nim
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nim
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "1.2.6" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }