CVE-2022-37797
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.4%lighttpd - security update
Published: 9/12/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.59-1+deb11u2
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.53-4+deb10u3
- Debian/lighttpdfrom 0, < 1.4.59-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |