CVE-2023-3782 (GCVE-0-2023-3782)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-19 20:57 – Updated: 2024-10-28 15:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DoS of the OkHttp client when using a BrotliInterceptor and surfing to a malicious web server, or when an attacker can perform MitM to inject a Brotli zip-bomb into an HTTP response
Summary
DoS of the OkHttp client when using a BrotliInterceptor and surfing to a malicious web server, or when an attacker can perform MitM to inject a Brotli zip-bomb into an HTTP response
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-28 15:09 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
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