{"id":"CVE-2018-16789","details":"libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.","modified":"2026-05-18T15:06:30.721107Z","published":"2019-03-21T16:00:22.547Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://code.google.com/archive/p/shellinabox/issues"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149978/Shell-In-A-Box-2.2.0-Denial-Of-Service.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/commit/4f0ecc31ac6f985e0dd3f5a52cbfc0e9251f6361"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5c7fb5cde2d2a74775af040549bb5cb11aae6790"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:shellinabox_project:shellinabox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.20"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD"}}],"versions":["v2.20","v2.19","v2.18","v2.17","v2.16","v2.15","v2.15-rc2","v2.14","v2.13","v2.12","v2.11"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16789.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}