The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to…

Description

The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a large Content-Length value, which triggers an integer overflow, a signed-to-unsigned conversion error with a negative value, and a segmentation fault.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.7% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 37463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091212 CVE request: polipo DoS via overly large "Content-Length" header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 38647 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 10338 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• DSA-2002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:01 UTC.