CVE-2021-32714

MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.40%

Integer overflow in `hyper`'s parsing of the `Transfer-Encoding` header leads to data loss

Published: 7/12/2021Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-5h46-h7hh-c6x9CGA-g59p-vxqx-mgpmRUSTSEC-2021-0079

Description

When decoding chunk sizes that are too large, `hyper`'s code would encounter an integer overflow. Depending on the situation, this could lead to data loss from an incorrect total size, or in rarer cases, a request smuggling attack. To be vulnerable, you must be using `hyper` for any HTTP/1 purpose, including as a client or server, and consumers must send requests or responses that specify a chunk size greater than 18 exabytes. For a possible request smuggling attack to be possible, any upstream proxies must accept a chunk size greater than 64 bits.

Affected packages (3)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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