CVE-2024-22393

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1. Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.1 Critical

Status

Analyzed - security@apache.org

Published

2024-02-22

Last modified

2025-04-22

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Affected products

• Answer (Apache)
• Apache Answer (Apache Software Foundation)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/22/1
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/f58l6dr4r74hl6o71gn47kmn44vw12cv