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    CVE-2023-4540

    Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation and a denial of service (DoS) attack to be executed by sending a properly crafted request to the server. Such a request causes the program to enter an infinite loop. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.

    Published:Sep 5, 2023
    Last Modified:Apr 4, 2025
    EPS:Sep 5, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00087
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Daurnimator
    Product
    Lua-http

    Exploits

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