CVE-2024-3884
What it is
A flaw was found in Undertow that can cause remote denial of service attacks. When the server uses the FormEncodedDataDefinition.doParse(StreamSourceChannel) method to parse large form data encoding with application/x-www-form-urlencoded, the method will cause an OutOfMemory issue. This flaw allows unauthorized users to cause a remote denial of service (DoS) attack.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0383
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0384
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0386
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3889
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3891
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3892
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4915
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4916
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4917
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4924
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6011
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6012
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3884
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275287