CVE-2018-18854 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Lightbend Spray spray-json versions through 1.3.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to consume excessive resources by sending specially crafted JSON objects with many fields having identical hash codes, leading to algorithmic complexity issues during parsing. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:spray-json:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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