In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() holds each chunk in memory until all of it has arrived. A line that is not a chunk-size line, a size line without CRLF, or a size too large to fit an integer leaves the parser waiting forever, and every later add() grows the buffer.
A remote attacker can exhaust memory in applications that pass chunked request bodies to HTTP::Body.
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Vendor Solution
Upgrade to HTTP-Body 1.24_01 or later.
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| Description | HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies. In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() holds each chunk in memory until all of it has arrived. A line that is not a chunk-size line, a size line without CRLF, or a size too large to fit an integer leaves the parser waiting forever, and every later add() grows the buffer. A remote attacker can exhaust memory in applications that pass chunked request bodies to HTTP::Body. | |
| Title | HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-28T17:17:28.215Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T08:44:49.797Z
Link: CVE-2026-117501
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-28T18:17:14.857
Modified: 2026-10-29T15:11:53.000
Link: CVE-2026-117501
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Updated: 2026-10-31T02:00:12Z