CVE-2024-5055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2024-05-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apache Friends

XAMPP

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.3.2`	affected	—

No data.

No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Apache Friends	Xampp	—	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-46319	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00443.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/vulnerability-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-xampp

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apache Friends Xampp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: INCIBE

Published: 2024-05-17T12:03:19.748Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:10.356Z

Reserved: 2024-05-17T09:45:56.213Z

Link: CVE-2024-5055

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:10.356Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T12:15:18.683

Modified: 2026-06-17T08:14:59.787

Link: CVE-2024-5055

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:44:48Z

Weaknesses

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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