CVE-2020-15689 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Appweb versions prior to 7.2.2 and 8.x prior to 8.1.0, specifically when built with CGI support. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by sending a malformed HTTP Range header, leading to a high-severity denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:appweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0.0, < 8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:appweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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