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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37797 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In lighttpd 1.4.65, mod_wstunnel does not initialize a handler function pointer if an invalid HTTP request (websocket handshake) is received. It leads to null pointer dereference which crashes the server. It could be used by an external attacker to cause denial of service condition.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13lighttpd0
Debian:14lighttpd0
Debian:12lighttpd0

Timeline

  • Sep 12, 2022 CVE Published
  • Oct 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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