CVE-2020-12845

HIGH EPSS 86.5%
Published Jul 27, 20205y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 27, 2020 5y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending an HTTP request to protected resources using a malformed Authorization header that is mishandled during a cherokee_buffer_add call within cherokee_validator_parse_basic or cherokee_validator_parse_digest.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
86.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
cherokee-projectcherokee*≥0.4.27  –  ≤1.2.104

References 4

  • cherokee-project.com http://cherokee-project.com/downloads.html
    Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1242
    ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/releases
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.