7.5

CVE-2020-27196: lightbend play_framework Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x
Published 06-11-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-27196 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in lightbend play_framework. EPSS estimates a 1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Com.typesafe.play2 products
  • play≥ 2.6.0, < 2.7.6 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.3
  • play-java≥ 2.6.0, < 2.7.6 | ≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.3
Lightbend1 product
  • play_framework≤ 2.6.25 | ≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.7.5 | ≥ 2.8.0, ≤ 2.8.2

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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