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Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

CVE-2024-7765

High
7.5/10

Summary

In h2oai/h2o-3, a vulnerability exists where uploading and repeatedly parsing a large "GZIP" file can cause a Denial of Service. The server becomes unresponsive due to memory exhaustion and a large number of concurrent slow-running jobs. This issue arises from the improper handling of highly compressed data, leading to significant data amplification. This issue affects both Maven-ai.h2o:h2o-core and Pypi-h2o packages versions 3.32.1.2 and after.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published