mlalic/hpack-rs · Security
HPACK decoder panics on invalid input
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-w7hm-hmxv-pvhf
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Due to insufficient checking of input data, decoding certain data sequences can lead to Decoder::decode panicking rather than returning an error.
Example code that triggers this vulnerability looks like this:
use hpack::Decoder;
pub fn main() {
let input = &[0x3f];
let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}
hpack is unmaintained. A crate with the panics fixed has been published as hpack-patched.
Also consider using fluke-hpack or httlib-huffman as an alternative.
CWEs
- CWE-754 · Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions