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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-30780

Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.

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CVE-2022-30780
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4 Nov 2026, 01:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-30780

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Jun 2022, 14:40 UTC

Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.

osv:CVE-2022-30780
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30780",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2022-30780",
    "summary": "Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-30780",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "last_affected": "1.4.57"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.4.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.288638227Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-30780/",
        "https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3059",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/30xxx/CVE-2022-30780.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30780",
        "https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4",
        "https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-30780-lighttpd-denial-of-service"
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      }
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        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 499439,
  "published_at": "2022-06-11T14:40:53+00:00"
}