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Advisory details: gitlab / maven/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server/CVE-2024-8184
Advisory ID gitlab/maven/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server/CVE-2024-8184
Aliases CVE-2024-8184
GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq
Summary Eclipse Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's `ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote()` which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server/CVE-2024-8184.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project
https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/11723
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/30
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00001.html
CVE-2024-8184 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8184
GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq
GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server/CVE-2024-8184.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-10-15T17:41:50Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8184.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2024-8184

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]