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FKIE_CVE-2026-5440

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-09 15:16 - Updated: 2026-10-26 21:10

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in the HTTP server due to unbounded use of the `Content-Length` header. The server allocates memory directly based on the attacker supplied header value without enforcing an upper limit. A crafted HTTP request containing an extremely large `Content-Length` value can trigger excessive memory allocation and server termination, even without sending a request body.

References

URL	Tags
cret@cert.org	https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/536588	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cret@cert.org	https://www.machinespirits.de/	Not Applicable
cret@cert.org	https://www.orthanc-server.com/	Product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	orthanc-server	orthanc	*

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        {
          "product": "DICOM Server",
          "vendor": "Orthanc",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Existe una vulnerabilidad de agotamiento de memoria en el servidor HTTP debido al uso ilimitado del encabezado \u2019Content-Length\u2019. El servidor asigna memoria directamente bas\u00e1ndose en el valor del encabezado proporcionado por el atacante sin imponer un l\u00edmite superior. Una solicitud HTTP manipulada que contiene un valor \u2019Content-Length\u2019 extremadamente grande puede desencadenar una asignaci\u00f3n excesiva de memoria y la terminaci\u00f3n del servidor, incluso sin enviar un cuerpo de solicitud."
    }
  ],
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
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        "type": "Secondary"
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    {
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        "Not Applicable"
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    },
    {
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        "Product"
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  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-770"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2026-5440 (GCVE-0-2026-5440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 14:43 – Updated: 2026-04-14 16:34

Title

Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded Content-Length

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-14 15:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

certcc CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 172 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.orthanc-server.com/
https://www.machinespirits.de/
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/536588

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Orthanc	DICOM Server	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.12.10 (custom)

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