Vulnerability of uncontrolled resource consumption in XAMPP

published 2024-05-17 2y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-46319

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in XAMPP Windows, versions 7.3.2 and earlier. This vulnerability exists when XAMPP attempts to process many incomplete HTTP requests, resulting in resource consumption and system crashes.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-05-17)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Apache Friends XAMPP
apachefriends xampp

Classification

Weakness

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

incibe.es /en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/vulnerability-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-xampp

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-5055
NVD CVE-2024-5055

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