CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-45061

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.67%

85th percentile - higher than 85% of all known CVEs

Summary

An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service.

Risk Assessment

A malicious remote server could trigger excessive CPU consumption on the client, potentially causing denial of service and application slowdown.

Recommendation

Update Python to version 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, or 3.7.16 (or later) where the fix is planned.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service. Hostnames are often supplied by remote servers that could be controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an attacker-supplied supposed hostname. For example, the attack payload could be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status code 302. A fix is planned in 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, and 3.7.16.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS