CVE-2024-23837

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-23837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-23837
Aliases
  • GHSA-f9wf-rrjj-qx8m
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-02-26T16:17:24Z
Modified
2026-08-12T15:15:04Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
LibHTP unbounded folded header handling leads to denial service
Details

LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol. Crafted traffic can cause excessive processing time of HTTP headers, leading to denial of service. This issue is addressed in 0.5.46.

Database specific 
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    "cwe_ids": [
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}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/oisf/libhtp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/oisf/libhtp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3b9ed734874e8bf64f1239abac42f77e99cfd906
Fixed
20ac301d801cdf01b3f021cca08a22a87f477c4a
Database specific
Show details 
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    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oisf:libhtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.5.46"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.5.0
0.5.1
0.5.10
0.5.11
0.5.12
0.5.13
0.5.14
0.5.15
0.5.16
0.5.17
0.5.18
0.5.19
0.5.2
0.5.20
0.5.21
0.5.22
0.5.23
0.5.24
0.5.25
0.5.26
0.5.27
0.5.28
0.5.29
0.5.3
0.5.30
0.5.31
0.5.32
0.5.33
0.5.34
0.5.35
0.5.36
0.5.37
0.5.38
0.5.39
0.5.4
0.5.40
0.5.41
0.5.42
0.5.43
0.5.44
0.5.45
0.5.5
0.5.6
0.5.7
0.5.8
0.5.9

Database specific

source 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-12T15:15:04Z"