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CVE-2020-27196 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability [email protected]Vendor Advisory
https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27196-DosViaJsonStackOverflow [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
lightbend play framework
<= 2.6.25
>= 2.7.0, <= 2.7.5
>= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:play_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-27196
NVD Published Date:
Nov 6, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-27196 Details - Not Deferred