CVE-2020-12845 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cherokee web server versions 0.4.27 through 1.2.104. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending a crafted HTTP request with a malformed Authorization header to protected resources, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a severe impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no public exploit code available, and it is not known to be actively exploited in the wild, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.4.27, <= 1.2.104CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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